Was a member of a medical mission team to central El Salvador in 2004. The team saw 600 patients across 6 days. People standing in line along a jungle path for 3-4 hours waiting to be seen by the doc. Made an hour in a U.S. waiting room look like a trip to Disneyland. We were told that 90% of the people would never see a doctor in their life time. 95% would never see the inside of a hospital. Five minutes with a real doctor, even under a make shift palm frond shelter in the middle of the jungle, was a once in a life time experience for the majority of the patients.
Feel sorry for the loss of any child. However, as noted above, the health care provided by DHS was probably the first credible health care the children had ever received.
