You know you’re in the tropics when ….
While in Chichi we spent A LOT of money (thanks to some very generous donations from various sources) on medications in a little local pharmacy called “Adinqui.” In fact, I visited the pharmacy every...
Author: ChichiMax
Despedidos at the ACEBAR Office
My professional family in Chichi. No finer bunch of people anywhere, and I can very honestly say I’ve never worked with a more committed, dependable, compassionate, honest, and accountable group. When I first get...
Two Days in Chicua III
So I’m in a room at my usual little hideout, The Spring Hotel, in something-less-than-sublime Guatemala City. Nice here, and there’s hardly any guests so far, so it’s extraordinarily quiet. Of course it has...
Outback Medicine – The Rotation Begins with a BANG in Canton Xepocol
So the first day of the clinic began with a bang – 101 patients between the 3 docs – in the far-flung canton (Spanish for “precinct,” but in Chichi a small village) of Xepocol....
The February 2017 University of Texas PA Program Rotation Begins
Well, as always I’m slow to get things posted to the blog. But better late than never, I suppose. Anyway, the two new students arrived on Sunday, February 5, just a tad later in...
Milpa Medicine
In November 2016 Wendy and Sara, students in the University of Texas Medical Branch Physician’s Assistant program, worked for several days in a very rural clinic set in the tiny little central highlands village...
The Jornada’s Back in Town!
So once again the little pueblo of San Juan Olintepeque, in the Department of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala, played host to a clinical rotation for students from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston....
Independence Day (Sept 15) at Plaza Mayor in Guatemala City
September 16 – 7:30 PM: At the moment, I’m sitting in my armchair in our little apartment in Chichicastenango, where we arrived a few hours ago, having been picked up at the Spring Hotel in...
Home Visits with Viejitos en el Campo
At one point in time there was a fairly long narrative to go along with these pictures. But somehow it went off to the etherworld cemetery. But very briefly, these photos are of a...
Faces of the UTMB May/June ’16 Clinical Rotation
I always come to Guatemala with every intention of writing often and a lot. I never do so, because with or without a tour, medical mission, or clinical rotation to facilitate, my schedule is...
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