Health departments must constantly balance funding between hospitals and primary or preventive care. Hospitals are essential because they provide emergency treatment, surgeries, and specialized care for serious illnesses or injuries. Without enough hospital funding, patients may face overcrowding, long wait times, and reduced quality of care. During crises such as pandemics or natural disasters, hospitals…
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Day 3: Waves of Care
Today we looked at the difference between primary/preventive care and a hospital environment. We visited Tigre Municipo which is a small wooden public health center near the Rio Capitán. There was 1 dentist room, 1 consultant room, vaccination room, and a tiny outdoor gym; the doctor and nurse are there 24 hours a day. Their…
Boating in Tigre ~ Day 3
Today we went on the boat ride through Tigre! During our ride we visited a public clinic similar to the one we saw yesterday. The one difference between the public clinics is that Tigre serves a much larger community primarily through transportation of water. The area of Tigre relies heavily on the river to take…
Day 3: Healthcare Beyond the Hospital
Today gave me a completely different perspective on what healthcare access can look like outside of a traditional hospital setting. We started the morning with a boat ride through the Tigre River to visit the Rio Capitán Primary Care Center, which serves residents living throughout the islands and surrounding river communities. Because many people in…
Day 2: Exploring Healthcare in Buenos Aires
Day two in Buenos Aires gave us our first in-depth look at Argentina’s healthcare system and the challenges that come with balancing public and private care. Our day started at the Tomas Reggio Primary Health Center, a clinic located in a lower-income neighborhood that provides free healthcare services to the surrounding community. One of the…
Day 3 – Rio Capitán Primary Care Center and San Isidro
Today we started the day by hopping on an hour-long boat ride on the Tigre River to the Rio Capitan primary care center. The center served about a two hour radius on the river. Similar to yesterday they provided services to the surrounding areas for primary care. The services included dentistry, gynecology, general check ups…
Day 3: From the River to the ICU
Today, we learned more about the differences in healthcare access and funding throughout Argentina. In the morning, we traveled to the Tigre River and rode a boat down to the Río Capitán primary health center. During the ride, we passed houses, docks, and beautiful scenery which showed how isolated some of these communities are from…
Day 3 – Touring Tigre and learning the benefits of primary care!
On our 3rd day in Argentina we started off with a fun boat ride on Río Capitán where we visited their primary care facility right off of the river. The clinic takes appointments, and has a pediatrician on site 24 hours. Along with the physical building, they have one singular boat ambulance that responds to…
Tigre Tour and San Isidro ICU
Day 3! We began the day with a Tigre River Tour, with a focus on emergency primary care. We were able to go through a facility and take a short tour through the mobile boat healthcare center. The boat docks at different schools and locations, having nurses whom perform many jobs: from emergency CPR to…
International Nurses Day in Argentina
Today was another super eventful day. Today we explored deeper into the technicalities of medical and financial scaffolding which bolsters the Argentinean medical system behind the scenes. We started off the day by taking a boat to Tigre and getting the opportunity to see a public clinic and water ambulance. This clinic served a more…
Day 2: Healthcare Goals Affecting Communities
Today we visited multiple different clinics with a variety of structures. First, we visited a small, local community clinic named Tomas Reggio Primary Health. After this visit and a short bus ride, we visited Austral University and their massive private hospital. When visiting the Tomas Reggio Primary Health clinic, we learned that all but 3…
More Than Money
I know I have only been here for two days, but today really gave me a chance to open my eyes. Early in the morning, we visited a small clinic that serves as a primary care center for many people in the surrounding area. The clinic operated with volunteers, doctors, pediatricians, and dentists, although they…
Day 2: Drastic Health Differences In the Same City
Today we saw different versions of patient care, but both with the same goal. People with low income struggle a lot with healthcare. For example, we visited Tomas Reggio Primary Health Care Center and Santa Marta Children’s Home; they help children and mothers who have a hard time financially. Children get a free yearly check…
Gus Coleman – Day 2: Private and Public Care
Today we visited a children’s home/community care center. The center was run by nuns who were also trained in nursing. We toured their facilities and learned about what they provided for the community. We then met some of the children at the local school and played soccer with them. At the care center we met…
Comparing Healthcare in Buenos Aires! (Day 2)
Today was a very busy day in Buenos Aires! We got to see two completely different healthcare settings in Argentina. We first took a trip over to Tomas Reggio Primary Health Center, where we met with some of the Sisters and walked through the clinic. The clinic was much smaller than many healthcare facilities in…
Día Dos 🇦🇷
Day 2! Our first stop today was to the Tomas Reggio Primary Health Center, a healthcare facility funded primarily by municipalities and donations. They offer free yearly checkups for children, as well as other free services and medicines for other general patients. They rely solely on paper records, and all patient clinical histories were written…
Day 2: Balancing Care and Inequality in Argentina
Today was a busy day filled with a lot of new information. We learned about private medicine clinics, a home for children, and the healthcare system of Austral Hospital. Also, the I share system that goes along with healthcare. Focusing specifically on how income inequality impacts how healthcare is delivered in Argentina is a very…
Day 2 – Private Healthcare
We started today off bright and early and drove to the Santa Maria Children’s Home just north of the city where we were met by Sister Carla, the nun who runs the clinic and children’s home, as well as four students from Austral University. They mentioned that the clinic, which sits in a relatively remote…
Day 2 Buenos Aires
We started off today with a visit to a public health clinic, Thomas Reggio Primary Health Center. It is run by 5 nuns and has generous volunteer doctors, dentists, and nurses. They are independent but government and university funded, and are connected to a children’s center, Santa Marta Children’s Home. It was so interesting to…
Two Hospitals, One Healthcare System (Day 2)
Income inequality strongly affects how healthcare is distributed in Argentina. The country has a mixed healthcare system that includes public sectors, unions, private sectors, and private payers. While public healthcare is free, the quality of care often depends on a person’s income and location. Higher-income individuals usually have private insurance, allowing them to access faster…