Medical supplies and equipment needed
During covid, our medical team provided care or education to more than 400 vulnerable people. More than 30 people died in the area (as far as we know - as they weren't tested). Poco a Poco San Pedro rented, borrowed and purchased expensive a number of oxygen concentrator machines to assist people with their breathing. Those people 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 (if it's not done, they are useless). We still need funding for this ...
Thank you to all the donors 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. Sometimes it's special creams for skin infections; other times it's shampoo for getting rid of lice.
In 2025 a commercial pharmacy did open in San Pedro Itzicán, but few people can afford any medicines.
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. Other medications are only given out with a valid prescription.
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!