The visits to Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Paroissien and Universidad Nacional de La Matanza allowed me to see the social and economic inequality among municipalities in Buenos Aires and those in its rural surroundings. Paroissien is a provincial hospital serving almost 3 million people. However, Paroissien gets much less money from the government than…
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Day 5: A Day in La Matanza
Today we traveled outside of central Buenos Aires to visit the Paroissien Hospital in La Matanza, one of the many municipalities on the outskirts of the Buenos Aires Province. The hospital is a public hospital that is fully funded by the province, but it is not funded by the municipality. During our visit, we learned…
Day 5 – La Matanza Municipality (Hospital & University)
Today we started the day by driving to the La Matanza municipality to see the public hospital funded only by provincial funds called the Paroissien. This municipality is in the Buenos Aires province just like San Isidro however is only funded by provincial funds and not municipal and provincial like San Isidro. This causes differences…
Day 5: Making Friends with Argentinian Nurses
Today we visited Paroissien Hospital and the Universidad Nacional de La Matanza. The hospital is public and run by the Province. They are funded a very small amount of money compared to San Isidro who are funded by municipalities and receive much more money. Due to the poor funding, Paroissen struggled with keeping the hospital…
La Matanza
Today we explored the relationship between the rural municipalities surrounding Buenos Aires and the city center. We started our morning by visiting La Matanza Hospital and doing a guided tour. La Matanza hospital had primary, secondary, and even tertiary levels of care. The facility was huge, with many corridors and rooms, and just about every…
The Power of Primary Care (May 12)
This morning we arrived at the Tigre river for a boat tour. We visited a primary care clinic in the rural Tigre area. The clinic was hard to get to, and we traveled by boat. The most interesting thing here was the mobile clinic which was in a boat. The boat was stocked with medicines…
Day 3 – Public Care
Before I get into today’s blog, I just wanted to say happy International Nurse’s Day. Since learning more and more about the healthcare system, both in the United States and in Argentina, I can confidently say that without nurses, our healthcare systems would not be able to function. It is because of them that patients…
Gus Coleman – Day 3: River Rides, Aquatic Clinics, and the ICU
Today we took a boat ride to the Tigre Municipo, a public health center near the Rio Capitan. The clinic which was just like the one we saw yesterday, however this one relied a lot more on funding from the government and a lot less on volunteer services. This clinic seemed to have a much…
Day 3: From Tigre to San Isidro
Day three was a very fun day! We started off by taking a boat tour, and took a stop at the Tigre Municipio. We were lucky to have the opportunity to tour the inside of the building and the ambulance boat. This public service is provided by government funding and serves many people in the…
Navigating the Public Health System in Argentina
To start the day, we drove to Tigre and then boarded a boat on the river, which we took to a public PCP clinic accessible by dock. This health center operates as a 24 hour office with appointments. It covers a vast range of territory, with only one ambulance available. I found this astonishing considering…
Small Clinics, Big Impact
Today gave me a much better understanding of why funding primary care is so important, especially in a healthcare system serving a large and densely populated area like Buenos Aires. We started the day by visiting another clinic that acted similarly to a primary care physician for the surrounding community. The clinic had enough resources…
Day 3: Care for all: From River Clinics to Hospitals
Today we explored two of vastly different care centers each serving very different groups. First, we explored the Tigre Delta Clinic and the public hospital in San Isidro. While being very different, both types of healthcare services have to navigate how to allocate funds to primary care or inpatient services. Depending on the circumstances, navigating…
The Cost of Care in Argentina (Day 4)
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…
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…