Today was a culturally focused day where we got to explore many areas in Buenos Aires. Our morning started with a bus tour, where we visited the communities of La Boca, San Telmo, and Plaza de Mayo. La Boca is a vibrant town filled with color and artwork. We saw many murals and learned about…
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Exploring Buenos Aires Culture
Our fourth day in Buenos Aires began with a guided bus tour around various parts of the city, giving us a chance to see some of its landmarks and neighborhoods. We got to see some pretty cool sites such as the colorful houses in La Boca, the Pink House, and some very beautiful churches. The…
Blast from the Past: Comparing Argentinian and American History
On day 4 of our time in Argentina, we toured various historic areas and learned about how Argentina became what it is today. Like the United States, Argentina was a place many Europeans immigrated to while looking for a better life. Argentina had such an unexpected influx of immigrants that they did not have enough…
Day 4 in Argentina
Today we took a tour of the neighborhoods La Boca, San Telmo , Plaza de Mayo and Palermo. It was more focused on the artistic side of Argentina’s culture, as well as its rich history. La Boca is an old neighborhood that was home to poor immigrants centuries ago, but through their art they were…
Argentinian History
Today was a very interesting and inciteful day. We toured the city of Buenos Aires, specifically the neighborhoods of La Boca and San Tolmo along with the Plaza de Mayo. While in La Boca we walked around the stadium and saw several local artists and vendors. In San Tolmo we visited several older houses and…
History: US & Argentina
The histories of the two nations, The US and Argentina, are both very similar and very different. To start with the obvious one like geographically; the two countries are in very different places and have different religions and cultures. But both countries were born via independence from a colonial power. The difference being the US…
History in the Streets of Buenos Aires – Day 4
Today was all about culture and history. We started the morning with a bus tour around Buenos Aires, stopping first in La Boca which was a colorful, lively neighborhood known for its soccer stadium and artsy streets. After picking up some souvenirs, we drove past major landmarks like the Pink House (Argentina’s version of the…
Health Checks and River Decks
Our day started on our way to Tigre where we got to explore the open waters of the Sarmiento River as we made our way to Rio Capitan. Looking outside the boat windows as we rode out to the public hospital I noticed many houses with boat decks along the islands. Rio Capitan’s center consisted…
Between Currents and Crisis
Changing up our form of transportation today, we took a boat ride to visit the public hospital of Tigre! On the way to the public hospital, we were greeted with beautiful scenery surrounding the Sarmiento river’s edges. This was the first hospital of the trip that we visited that was part of the public sector,…
River Routes & Root Issues: From Tigre to San Isidro
Today, we started our day off a little differently! We took a boat ride to a public primary care clinic that was along the Tigre river. During the boat ride, we passed through the Tigre community and learned a lot about the islands. At the clinic, we met the captain of the only ambulance boat…
Argentina Day 3
Today we started to take a look within the public sector within the heath care system of Argentina. We started the day with a long boat ride to through the Tigre Delta, were we took a tour of a local hospital. The hospital is very small and the population in Tigre rely on boat and…
Balancing Clinics and Hospitals
In Argentina’s current economic state, people throughout the country are opting towards seeking care at hospitals instead of going to primary care providers, although the hospitals do not have the resources to keep up, and primary care providers lack the finances to provide a secure option for people who need health care. This creates a…
Boats, Beds, and Budget Cuts
To start off day 3, we took a boat ride to Tigre to talk with staff members and learn about the primary care hospital on the Island. We spoke with one of the captains who drives the ambulance boat there, about the responsibilities and challenges that comes with working at a hospital that is the…
Day 3: Public Hospitals and Primary Care
Today we adventured to Tigre, Buenos Aires, to witness life on the islands. On our boat ride across the river, I noticed many unique aspects about the local culture. As everything is separated by the river, services that would normally be done by roads, such as busing kids to school and delivering groceries, are done…
Day 3 in Argentina
Today we traveled across the River Tigre by boat to visit a public clinic, Rio Capitan, that looks after the health of 14000 people. Despite it being small, it has a system that allows them to utilize their space more efficiently. Even though it has only one ambulance, which is also a boat, they use…
Day 3 – Boat trip to Healthcare
For the second day in a row, my day started bright and early. I was up at 7 a.m., and by 8 a.m., we were on our way to visit a public clinic located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. What made this visit especially unique was the journey itself as we had to take…
Argentina’s Push From Hospitals to Primary Care
In Argentina, there are many problems in the public healthcare system between hospitals and primary care due to their relationship. The hospitals are more accessible and trusted, causing patients to go to hospitals over primary care. These primary care facilities can’t really do anything about this because they do not have the funding. The country’s…
Day 3: Tigre Delta and San Isidro
Today, we shifted our focus to explore the public sector of healthcare in Buenos Aires. We started with a boat ride through the Tigre Delta and visited a local clinic, where we met the captain of the ambulance boat system. In the delta, residents rely on water transportation for nearly everything, including medical emergencies. The…
A Day on the Water
Our third day in Argentina was a busy but fun one. We started the morning with a pleasant boat ride to a public health clinic in Tigre. I really enjoyed the boat ride because it gave us the chance to see a different side of the area, with unique, pretty houses built along the water….
A Peek at the Relationship between the Public Health System and Primary Care
Today we had an amazing and very educational time visiting both an island health clinic via a boat ride in Tigre and a public hospital in San Isidro. We learned about challenges they faced being part of the public sector and what a possible solution could be. The clinic we visited had four rooms, a…