Tag: honduras

  • The Honduran staff was a joy to work with…Dr. Maggie Jolly

    The Honduran staff was a joy to work with…Dr. Maggie Jolly

    I slipped on a scrub top and walked down the hill to the hospital. It was one of my call days, and the nurses had given the characteristic message on the Ham radio, “Dra. Maggi, Dra. Maggi, tenemos una emergeeencia.” They always seemed to draw that last word out, making it sound more urgent than…

  • Honduras 2014

    Honduras 2014

    The baleada is a fresh tortilla, made with a smear of beans, scrambled eggs and topped with a sour-tasting cheese, named after a bullet, given its folded in half and aerodynamic shape. This small, but delicious Honduran cultural delight is certainly something I won’t forget. As the patients got wind of food in the halls,…

  • Honduras With Dr. Christopher Adkins

    Honduras With Dr. Christopher Adkins

    International training is an essential part of a broad spectrum family medicine residency, and thanks to Dr. Starr and the FMed Fund, I was able to partake in a week long international elective in Honduras.  The initial plan was to assist Dr. Starr and other Honduran Plastic Surgeons in performing cleft palate surgery on children. …