If you are very lucky, there will be one person at the clinic who knows where everything is, where everyone is(!). We were so lucky in Tortuguero. Meet Doña Maria Bravo, protector and caretaker of the PINCC team in Tortuguero.
Muy intelligente, resourceful, compassionate and funny. No matter the question, the answer was "ask Maria Bravo." On the first day, she was the first person to sign up to be examined so she could be a proud example for the more timid women in the clinic waiting room.
She and I shared speculum washing duty on the outdoor back patio. Rain or shine, we would laugh and talk while we washed the tools of our trade. Then she started dancing just a little bit. And I showed her a salsa step I had just learned-and we were off. Dancing and washing speculums with the rain pouring around us. Well, why not?
Jan Lecklikner, PINCC volunteer in Tortuguero and Kukrahill, RAAS, Nicaragua
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| Jan Lecklikner with Doña Maria Bravo |
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