Belize 2012
Medical Mission Trip Update
Experience of a Lifetime
Earlier this month, I had the tremendous opportunity to be able to participate in a Medical Mission Trip in Belize. With this being my first (of hopefully many) international mission trips, it was truly an incredible experience!
We spent the trip in several remote villages in Northern Belize. Maskall, Crooked Tree, Gracie Rock, Burrell Boom, and Ladyville all were places that we had the opportunity to set up medical clinics for a day and each village was a very unique and rewarding experience.
In all, 908 prescriptions were filled and more than 800 people were able to receive health care services in the form of dentistry (cleanings and extractions), eyeglass fittings, women's health, pediatrics, and general medicine. Each person that received a prescription was counseled on all their medications provided at the visit as well as any other ones that were mentioned by the patients.
These young ladies shadowed us (and eventually were acting as our pharmacy techs) as we worked at each clinic. Hopefully, their interaction with us will help show them that they can make a difference in peoples lives and that being a pharmacist is one of many ways to do that!
Dr. Yolanda Winfrey providing pediatric care!
Dr. Dedrick Moulton listening to a very asthmatic little girl!
Dr. Sharon Daniel preparing to extract some teeth!
Thank You!!!
I sincerely appreciate the generosity of each of you in helping support my efforts as part of the Belizean Medical Mission trip. Again, it was an experience of a lifetime and I am truly blessed to be of service to others that are less fortunate!
Thank you for your selfless contribution and support for this mission trip. We were blessed and the Belizean people were blessed by your generosity. It was a humbling experience helping those individuals and I look forward to doing that on a local, and hopefully international, level for years to come. Please know I am forever grateful, and that because of you I was able to fulfill a dream and hopefully impact the lives of several individuals in Belize.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Zac Renfro, Pharm.D.
Tennessee Pharmacists Association
Email: Zac@tnpharm.org
Website: www.tnpharm.org
Location: 500 Church Street, Suite 650, Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-256-3023
Twitter: @ZacRenfro