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The MEDRETE is a free medical clinic that U.S. Army South, in addition to the Government of Guatemala, has setup to address regional medical concerns and develop effective, economical solutions that can be used throughout the region. The MEDRETE is scheduled to be held May 23-28 and May 30 to June 2, 2016. The clinic is scheduled to be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The meeting covered a variety of topics and provided a platform for U.S. Army South Joint Task Force Red Wolf members to pass along information to the community.
“Our intent for today was to meet with local civic leaders who are responsible for all the districts,” said U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Edward Vela, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade task force civil affairs planner. We wanted to set a plan going forward so they know what days each district is assigned to come to the MEDRETE,” “We are going to offer general medical screenings, dental, optometry, preventive medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pharmaceutical services.”
U.S. service members assigned to the task force along with Aroldo Corderro, Municipal of La Blanca mayor, took the time to meet with the local civic leaders to gather additional information and better prepare for the approaching MEDRETE.
“We obtained some accurate numbers of people who plan to attend from the civic leaders,” said Vela. “This will help us be better prepared to help them as they come in. Before this, our primary contact was the La Blanca mayor to find out how much interest there was in the medical clinic, but today we were able to hear directly from the civic leaders about the people they represent.”
The medical clinic is a large scale operation that positively impacts a large percentage of the local population.
“There is a community population of roughly 34,000 people and we will unfortunately only be able to see up to 600 to 800 patients each day throughout the entire 10 day MEDRETE,” said Vela.
The U.S. government is dedicated to building partnerships with Guatemala and the Central American region and improving the level of health services, prolonging life and enhancing training for personnel in the health-care fields.
| Date Taken: | 05.04.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 05.05.2016 22:55 |
| Story ID: | 197476 |
| Location: | LA BLANCA, GT |
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