A Wrinkle In Time could well describe our Guatemala 2020 medical trip. In late February our medical team left behind our customary lifestyles in the USA to offer clinics in Guatemala sponsored by Hands for Health Foundation and Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine. When we returned three weeks later, accustomed sights had morphed into the surreal. We encountered the CLOSED, CANCELED, and SUSPENDED. In medical offices, which were fast becoming virtual, the dreaded C-word for disease—Cancer-- had ceded first place to Coronavirus.
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On the school global outreach trip to Guatemala, a particularly difficult patient encounter allowed me to reflect on my fears and anxieties about entering the clinical years of my medical education.
By: Alexandra Lee
A group of 32 volunteers representing the Hands for Health Foundation and RVUCOM traveled to Guatemala to provide primary health care to people living in the Lake Atitlan region, about 3 hours southwest from the capital, Guatemala City.