PINCC volunteers venture out into communities
that tourists don't easily get to. We flew from Managua to Bluefields on
the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast and the next day took a four and a half
hour ride to Tortuguero, a remote primarily agricultural community on
the Atlantic coast. Tortuguero is accessible by boat and, in the dry
season, by road west to Managua.
Tortuguero is a small hamlet without paved roads. One sees horses, pigs, chickens and dogs on the streets. On market day men and women came to town on horseback and many of the women we examined road up to 12 hours on horse back in order to be seen.
Our first week included eleven PINCC volunteers ranging in age from fifteen to - seventy years & eight Nicaraguan doctors and nurses. The medical staff in Tortuguero included a number of Nicaraguan physicians trained in Cuba.
By Madelene Todel, CNMTortuguero is a small hamlet without paved roads. One sees horses, pigs, chickens and dogs on the streets. On market day men and women came to town on horseback and many of the women we examined road up to 12 hours on horse back in order to be seen.
Our first week included eleven PINCC volunteers ranging in age from fifteen to - seventy years & eight Nicaraguan doctors and nurses. The medical staff in Tortuguero included a number of Nicaraguan physicians trained in Cuba.
(posted to PINCC facebook 6/18/2015)
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