VCOM - Virginia 2017 Yearbook

El Salvador

V COM’s healthcare services in El Salvador began simply with mobile units visiting children in remote villages at their homes. Now, through partnerships with the El Salvador Ministry of Health, the Evangelical University Medical School and AMILAT Foundation, Shalom Medical Center has been established to best serve the community. It is able to provide primary care health services, prenatal care, and has a state-of-the-art pediatric suite, laboratory, and pharmacy. Through VCOM’s partnership with the Decameron Resort, low-resource students who

(AMILAT), a faith-based organization in San Salvador. The team spent a week at a temporary clinic they set up and helped approximately 350 patients in need of medical care. While in El Salvador, the group took trips to provide medical services and medication at orphanages, remote villages and underserved areas. Aside from the important work they put in, the group was able to spend a day relaxing at the beach.

attend the Sonsonate Primary School and their families are able to receive primary care services. VCOM’s faculty and students teach a first responders training workshop for the resort employees every year as well. VCOM students also have the opportunity to rotate at The Saldana Hospital, another partner in the region. Outreach Trips 2016-2017 In July 2016, 11 second-year medical students, faculty and staff from VCOM—Virginia campus, along with preceptors and volunteers were hosted by Friends of Latin America

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