2012 Mission to Peru

Quechua Benefit’s 2012 Mission to Peru
&
The Opening of the Snowmass Health Center

Fourteen members of the 2012 Quechua Benefit mission traveled to six towns in the Colca Valley on a rotating basis and they inaugurated the Snowmass Health Center with 6 days of continuous operation. They were accompanied by 3 Peruvian doctors and dentists.

Patients were brought to the Snowmass clinic on a daily basis by the mayors from 4 additional towns. In total 10 towns were served with medical and dental care. A total of 1450 patients were cared for: all of the services were provided for free.

The response to the opening of the Snowmass clinic was overwhelming and the fact that 864 patients were served in the clinic alone will go a long way to establishing the Quechua Benefit mission on a permanent basis in the minds of the Quechua people in the valley.

None of this could have been accomplished without your generous donations.

Bill Beranek, Dr. Rhonda Deschner, Deborah Bailey, RN, and Mario Garcia led this year’s team. They were each part of an advance team that left several days early to prepare the Snowmass clinic for opening. The following Americans team members rounded out the United States team: Richard Miller, Dr. Mindy Wilson, Dr. Jim Anderson, Shellie Clarke, RN, Dr, Jim Gallagher, Dr. Amber Stroupe, Dr. Sonja Vindheim, Dr. Emily Brunner, Nick and Heidi Skinner. The Peruvian team was made up of Quechua Benefit’s manager in Peru Alejandro Tejeda, Executive Secretary Sandra Carbajal, Casa Chapi Supervisor Blanca Quispe and Dr. Javier Abarca, Dr. Ernesto Chocano Polar and Dr. Christian Nunez Fernandez.

The Grand opening of the Snowmass Health Center was attended by more than 50 Valley dignitaries and Nick and Heidi Skinner of Snowmass Alpacas. Father Marcos of the Catholic Diocese in Chivay blessed the clinic at the beginning of the ceremony. It was a proud moment for all and the culmination of three years of hard work and more than $500,000 of donations from the alpaca community.

Click here to see picture of the Nov 2012 Mission and Mission Clinics

Mission Report

–          P.S Tisco

III-    Results Obtained:

3.1- ATTENTION  IN VILLAGES

Specialities	Maca 9 Nov	Lary10 nov	Tisco12 Nov	Callalli13 Nov	Sibayo14 Nov	Tuti15 Nov	TOTAL
Pediatrics	29	17	39	51	45	40	221
Medicine	37	30	13	26	25	24	155
Odontology (Team Peru)	24	30	37	40	58	21	210
–          Extraction	4	11	11	8	11	5	50
–          Treatment	1	19	26	15	20	16	97
–          Fluoridation	19	0	0	17	27	0	63
TOTAL	90	77	89	117	128	85	586

3.2-  ATTENTION  IN “CLINIC CASA CHAPI”

Specialities	9 Nov	10 nov	12 Nov	13 Nov	14 Nov	15 Nov	TOTAL
Pediatrics	46	19	21	27	42	12	167
–          Team USA	13	19	21	27	42	12	134
–          Team Peru	33	0	0	0	0	0	33
Medicine	8	37	77	74	73	59	328
–          Team USA	8	12	47	31	40	30	168
–          Team Peru	0	25	30	43	33	29	160
Odontolgy(Team Peru)	25	28	48	46	50	31	228
–          Extraction	10	3	12	11	21	10	67
–          Treatment	15	25	30	32	29	21	152
–          Fluoridation	0	0	6	3	0	0	9
Scan   (Team Peru)	0	0	19	39	53	30	141
TOTAL	79	84	165	186	218	132	864

3.3-  FINAL SUMMARY

V MISION USA COLCA VALLEY

(Atended   Patients)

	TOTAL
1-     Pediatrics	388
2-       Medicine	483
3-     Odontolgy	438
4-     Ultra sound scan	141
TOTAL	1450

ATTENDED   PATIENTS

(By Teams)

Team	Total
1-     Team USA	678
2-     Team Peru	772
TOTAL	1450

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