Dr. Salter and his wife in Guatemala with some local village children. A make-shift clinic in a half-constructed school was set up in the village for the day to see patients. Cinder block walls, dirt floors, tin roofs, and sheets to divide the exam spaces were all the village could offer for the clinic.
Individuals come from different villages, many times walking several miles to get to the clinic. For many patients, this is the the first time in several years they have had access to healthcare.
Three beautiful patients in Guatemala, dressed in their best to see the visiting doctors.
Dr. Salter and an interpreter visit with a patient in a rural village in the mountains of Guatemala.
Dr. Salter outside a Guatemalan hospital buried by a recent mud slide – this is actually the second story!
Dr. Salter’s wife holds a newly delivered baby in a mountain clinic in Guatemala.
Dr. Salter’s wife helps entertain a young patient while her mother is seen by one of the visiting doctors.
Doctors and nurses, volunteering in Guatemala, often travel to remote destinations. After a several hour drive, some villages are still only accessible only by foot.
The Predisan main medical clinic is in Catacamas, Honduras. Located in the mountains of northeast Honduras, Catacamas is approximately a 5 hour bus ride from the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa.
Dr. Salter scrubbing before for surgery in Honduras.
This is the one of the younger patients Dr. Salter has operated on in Honduras, an 11 year old with a large ovarian cyst. She went home the same day because of laparoscopic surgery available to her through Predisan that wasn’t available to her through her local hospital.
Dr. Salter and his son with a Predisan physician prior to surgery on one of his patients in 2011.
Dr. Salter and his daughter in Honduras in 2013.
Dr. Salter in Guatemala with four patients, all with smiles (AFTER being seen). The temporary clinic is seen in the background.
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