Today we started our day off by walking over to Austral for a presentation led by Dr. Josefina Medrano, a former minister of Salta Province. Salta is one of the poorest provinces in Argentina. Dr. Medrano provided an overview of it and how the pandemic affected healthcare within the area. She talked about the complexities…
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Day 9 in Buenos Aires!
We started off Day 9 with a presentation held by Dr. Florencia Ledesma, worker of a private insurance company called Medifé. Medifé is a prepaid plan in which customers can enroll in and a pay monthly fee to gain access to healthcare services, only 14% of the population in Argentina are in a private insurance…
Day 8 in Buenos Aires!
Day 8 was a successful day might I say! We first started out the day with breakfast at 9:30 and then hopped in a cab to head over to La Boca. We shopped around getting leather merchandise, postcards, and other fun trinkets. We took many pictures and walked around the town before heading back to…
One Week Down in Buenos Aires!
Day 7 of Buenos Aires! We started out with a presentation led by Dr. Gabriel Novick in which he spoke about the unions. He explained how they work, what they do, and how they became crucial in Argentina. In addition, he talked about the overall ideas of each system such as public and private sectors…
Day 6 in Buenos Aires!
Day 6 we started with a lecture taught by the deputy minister of health in Caba, Dr. Daniel Ferrante. He spoke about the history of the healthcare system and the public sector. He educated us on the nuclear groups of the provinces which divide the care having each a region to provide for. Each region…
Day 5 in Buenos Aires!
Day 5 was packed with so many events, starting off with a tango lesson led by two tango dancers! They taught us the basic steps as we danced with our fellow peers. We then took a bus to the La Matanza and toured the Paroissien Hospital and its university where we met the administrators and…
Day 4 in Buenos Aires!
Day 4 started off with a trip around La Boca, with a guided tour telling us about the history of the town. On our way to La Boca, our tour guide showed us the Pink House, in which the president works in, the stadium for soccer, many murals that have beautiful meanings behind them, and…
Day 3 in Buenos Aires!
Started off the day with a boat ride to a small public health clinic in Tigre, Argentina. We were able to talk to the captain of the ambulance which was a boat. He told us all about the clinic and how they manage and work around that they live on an island. The clinic we…
Day 2 in Buenos Aires!
Day 2 in Argentina was a success! We started our day off at 8:00 AM hopping on a bus to the Universidad Austral and the hospital that’s near that was private. We were greeted with a delicious breakfast with croissants and coffee. We then got the chance to listen to a presentation presented by one of…
First Day in Buenos Aires!
We started our first day hopping off our 10 hour flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Buenos, Aires. We landed around 9:30 AM and the airport was much different than what I’m used to, it was quite calm and very easy and efficient. The first day in Buenos Aires was welcoming and it wasn’t too hectic…
Argentina, Estoy listo para ti!
Hi! My name is Lotus McGuigan and I am from Bucks County, Pennsylvania right outside of Philly. I am currently a freshman in the School of Nursing and I am very excited for this opportunity to study abroad through the Plus3 program in Buenos Aires, Argentina! A few things about me, I love to hangout…