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Missoula volunteers continue medical missions to San Lorenzo after Hurricane Mitch
Summary
Volunteer medical teams from Missoula, Montana, began traveling to San Lorenzo, Honduras, after Hurricane Mitch in late 1998 and continued into 1999, helping reopen a flooded hospital, providing surgeries, deliveries and outreach to outlying villages in partnership with Save the Children Honduras and local medical staff.
Volunteers from Missoula, Montana, began traveling to San Lorenzo, Honduras, after Hurricane Mitch damaged the region in October 1998 and have continued sending teams through 1999 to help reestablish hospital services.
The volunteer program partnered with Save the Children Honduras and local health workers to reopen a regional hospital that flooded during the storm, deliver babies, perform surgeries, treat patients in outlying villages and provide dental and construction assistance. The first group of volunteers left Missoula on Thanksgiving Day…
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