Happening #1

It truly was a flying visit when Drs. Kent and Burk and nurse Sue Shields descended on Punta Gorda for 24 hours. It was a great day for me, getting to do different things and meet different professionals here, and be taken out for meals as well! At one point we were greeted by a group of enthusiastic boys who remembered the doctors from last year.

In the morning we went to the Hillside Healthcare Centre, a faith based organization providing free health care to the people of southern Belize. While there we sat in on a tutorial on tuberculosis presented by Dr. David Fitzgerald to his staff. Dr. Burke is a pulmonologist so he was able to contribute some further expertise to the discussion!

In the afternoon we met with the chief of staff at the PG Hospital, with a Nurse from Care Belize and with another doctor with responsibilities for the area. This morning the three visitors joined me for Morning Prayer then walked to the airstrip, onto the plane, and headed off towards Belize City where, I hear, it’s raining so hard that a lot of the schools closed.

Out of all this a plan is emerging which should make use of the doctors’ specialties and also contribute to the general life of the church and community.