Unless you already have lived/worked in a place where every day you have seen with your own eyes and felt with your heart the gap between 'socioeconomically privileged' and 'socioeconomically lacking,' go on at least one mission. Go as early as possible.
https://hospitalescuela.com/
the Massachusetts General Hospital of Honduras and the only hospital with interventional radiology in the country
hospital front entrance with armed guards
hospital security
emergency room entrance
emergency department waiting 'room'
ED waiting 'room' at night
hospital main lobby
main lobby patient registration and payment
foyer for main elevators
gurneys and wheelchairs
medical floor family waiting space
typical medical floor room
typical surgical floor room
OR recovery room
pediatric room
hospital ER inside
hospital pharmacy
clinic-ER ... Laboratorio Clínico el Buen Samaritano in the town of Santa Maria del Real
clinic pharmacy
clinic radiology x-ray
school-clinic in La Libertad
school-clinic waiting-to-be-seen line
school-clinic parking lot
house of town pastor
main sink at the house
house kitchen
old woman bringing water
young woman bringing water
nurses and children singing together
Use that time to discern how to make a mission of your life.
Experience how some people who lack material wealth possess amazing psychological wealth.
video courtesy of Laura Escobar, MD
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