Honduras Medical Mission Trip May 2013

Honduras Mission 2013

This mother and her two children were among 1,402 people who received medical care during a recent CTMC-sponsored medical mission trip to the Pena Blanca region in Honduras from May 20-26. CTMC-ers who went on the trip were Drs. Dewey and Gretchen Whisenant, Dr. Sue Ann Harrison,

Nurse Practitioner Mia Painter, Tasha Costley, Michael Koehler, Peggy McLamore, Sue Crump, Fili Nunez, Hiram Perez,

Rosie DuBose and Karen Morris.


In this photo, Dr. Sue Ann Harrison (left) and CTMC Nuclear Medicine Technologist Hiram Perez provide medical assistance to Honduran

citizens on the thirdDay of the most recent medical mission trip to the region.


Rosie DuBose, RN, speaks to a patient on the second day of clinic.


Peggy McLamore collects information from a patient during theintake process on the first day of clinic in Honduras.


Teams from CTMC have taken medical mission trips to

Honduras since 2007. The May 2013 trip was the 10th

trip the hospital has sponsored. More than 12,000 people have received medical

care through CTMC’s presence inthe region.


CTMC’s Medical Mission tripsto Honduras have provided

Lasting Hope

While in Honduras, the CTMC team had a chance to catch up with Angela, the woman who was brought to CTMC by the team last year

for thyroid cancer treatment. She had a successful surgery at the hospital and is doing well. Read more of her story here:

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CTMC’s Medical Mission tripsto Honduras have provided

Lasting Hope• In May 2012, funds were contributed to construct a home for a

disabled widow, replacing her wood shack with dirt floors and no doors or windows with a humble structure containing concrete floors, wooden shutters and an outdoor wood burning stove.

• In Oct. 2012, the mission team provided enough funds to build a four-room school in a community where students have to walk along a busy 2-mile stretch of highway to get to school. Through the years, several children had been hit by vehicles, with one 6-year-old girl being killed.

• In 2011, CTMC CEO/President Sam Huenergardt and San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero were among volunteers who visited the Pena Blanca community. While there, they noticed the community dump was close to the river, causing pollution and health concerns. Upon returning to Texas, Guerrero reached out to city manager Jim Nuse, who helped locate a garbage truck that was going to auction. The truck was owned by Central Texas Refuge, who insisted on donating the vehicle to the Pena Blanca village after learning of their need.

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Honduras Medical Mission Trip May 2013