Medical supplies and equipment needed
During covid, our medical team provided care or education to more than 400 vulnerable people with respect to covid. More than 30 people died in the area (as far as we know - but they weren't tested). Poco a Poco San Pedro rented (at 4,200 pesos each month), borrowed and finally bought a number of oxygen concentrator machines to assist people with their breathing, as they did not want to go the hospital and believed they would die there.
At the early "peak" we were renting 11 machines. We finally ended up purchasing a number of these machines as they have been useful for dengue and renal patients as well. But they are expensive to maintain and calibrate. We need to pay for maintenance on all of them now otherwise they will be useless - but we don't have funding for this (April 2024).
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Thank you to all the people who helped us rent and buy machines. They have saved many lives.
It's difficult to keep this page updated with the urgent supplies that are needed for health related problems in the area. In 2025 a commercial pharmacy did open in San Pedro Itzicán, but few people can afford any medicines. So in our medical office we like to have a stock of basic cough mixtures, Tylenol, vitamins, ... and first aid supplies. Scorpion serum is always needed.
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The Poco a Poco medical office in San Pedro is the only local place people can go for first aid for minor ailments (they otherwise have to go to the town of Poncitlán by bus or other transport if they have the money for that). Also Anita has access to this office 24/7 for emergencies.
So this is why we are constantly in need of more supplies!
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