Well, Jeanne, you were mostly right about the Centrol de Salud not closing here in La Manzanilla.

I visited the nurse, Kenya Lincoln, and she told me the following:

-THE CLINIC IS NOT CLOSING, but there will not be a doctor on duty this year. Perhaps in the future, when a graduating doctor chooses LM to complete their service hours. We were not lucky this year to attract one.

Nurse Kenya shared the services she will be providing, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm:

-Scorpion sting antivenom application and it is free (This is hard to believe because it is so expensive).

-First Aid

-Vaccinations (I don't know which, but probably targetting children)

-Family Planning

-Shots, if you bring the substance.

Some medications are available, but only with prescriptions from other Salud system clinics, such as Melaque and Cihuatlan.

I used the Centro de Salud for basic medical needs in the past and have taken friends for the same. I have been pleased with their care and service. However, the clinic wasn't always open, or the physician was out. There was never a sign to say when they would reopen.

The clinic space is probably unavailable as an ambulance landline base. Would the storage unit work?

Jeanne, while waiting for La Huerta to train your crew on antivenom administration, I would check to see if your crew's scorpion sting victims can now receive antivenom shots at the clinic.

Well, the information one finds is always interesting. La Huerta Officials had told us that the clinic would close. Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get. Cruz



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