Testimonial Medical and Nursing

A group of Volunteer Nurses from the CUA who recently travelled to our clinic gaves us and excellent review and enjoyed very much their trip to Nicaragua. A normal day started at the clinic at 8am where volunteers were greeted by local staff as well as patients waiting to be seen by clinic personnel. We started with a brief orientation about the history of the clinic and spoke with students about the different services we offer. The local staff that was working that day introduced themselves and was able to share the many experiences they have had while working in the clinic. They saw patients, helped our medical team and also did community work. They visited the schools, and houses of people of our community and built healthy and sporty activities for the children in this area.

Below you can read some testimonials.

Testimonial From Canada

Good day.

I was staying at Playa Gigante, where I travel to frequently and unfortunately burned my feet. Being a glasses wearer, I took off my glasses to go swimming late one afternoon in
April, 2012 and not seeing white ashes on the white sand, (from the previous night’s bonfire)Ran right through it causing 2nd degree burns.

The doctor and (especially) the nurse, who treated me daily were absolutely FANTASTIC! When I returned to Canada and was seen at mu local clinic, they were extremely impressed with how good my feet looked, etc.

I bought land in Gigante a few years ago and am very glad that the clinic is there. Also, while I was there, I saw many local people using the clinic, which is great!

My partner has sent a donation.

Peter Markwell
John Howard Society of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

Hello,

We have a testimonial for the clinic. We were at Rancho Santana last year during the holidays and our 10-year old daughter was stung by a sting ray while boogie boarding at Los Perros. We rushed her to the clinic and they did an amazing job!

Regards,

Julie Annet

Dear donors,

I'm most thankful for a small but growing medical clinic in the southwest corner of Nicaragua.” As sometimes happens with body surfing, a rogue wave flipped me upside down. Except this time, it smacked my neck hard onto the sand. After tumbling me around, the wave left me floating in less than a foot of water. There was just one problem: I was completely paralyzed from the neck down. The clinic's ambulance transported me from the beach to the clinic. There, the staff administered initial intravenous fluids and other procedures consistent with a spinal cord injury. Were it not for their quick actions and the following of proper protocols, I wouldn't be writing to you today.

Thank you again to the team the doctors and volunteers who helped me and saved my life.

David Fessler
Financial Writer

Volunteer Abroad Medical and Nurses testimonials

Volunteer Abroad Doctors and Nurses

Our group of surgeons and nurses who recently came from Nicaragua were very happy with out volunteer abroad medical program:

Juan, it was a real pleasure to have connected with the RC clinic. It realized a life long connection that I had to Clemente and perhaps gave me some closure over his tragic and heroic last great dead in his life. I hope that we can continue to help the clinic thrive and grow in the years to come. I would love to spend more time at the clinic doing and teaching surgery once the OR dream is realized. I am honored to have been a part of it and thank you all for what you have done there and will do in the future.

Adam Fierer,
General Surgeon

Our International Medical Brigade from MED4NICARAGUA just arrived back from a successful week-trip to our health clinic. "The medical volunteer abroad program is really working".

Dear Juan et al,

I want to thank you and all the people involved through the Roberto Clemente Clinic and Rivas Hospital for all the coordination, time and effort involved in bringing our team to Nicaragua. Each individual member of our team was impacted greatly by the experience and each now has a much broader vision of how an individual can make a difference in global healthcare needs.

We hope that we may continue to be a part of the future of the Roberto Clemente Clinic and Rivas Hospital and look forward to our return.

Kindest regards,

Christine Brody MD

Co-founder and Team Leader

Med4Nicaragua

Ben del Buono Testimonial Volunteer Program Nicaragua

Dear Juan,

Things are great! Everyone is so welcoming and helpful here at the Roberto Clemente Clinic in Nicaragua. I feel like I've really been able to experience some life in the towns surrounding the clinic (from doing the shoe donation program and riding my bike to and from the clinic). We did a chat on diabetes on thursday. It lasted around a half hour and it went really well. I spoke for about 8 minutes, Dr. Flores spoke, and some patients spoke as well. We are going to do more diabetes chats, and a dental outreach for kids with these 2 other volunteers from the east coast.

I've been taking some good pictures and next week we'll do some filming. I've also been able to sit in on a few patients with Dr. Flores, where he is really cool about involving me and explaining what's happening. He also broke down the different types of issues they deal with and why. He explained to me about how diarrhea used to be a bigger issue, but through educating the locals they curbed it a lot. Pretty awesome!

It's also good to see at this Volunteer Program in Nicaragua what sort of supplies they have, and what they could use. They liked the stuff I brought which is good. In the future, it would be nice to get some $$ for insulin, because I'm learning that many diabetics here can't afford it.

That's all for now, please let me know if there's anything I can do while I'm here, or any input you have would be great. Adios!

Ben Del Buono
California US