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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - Page 19
Local nurses went to Peru to make positive change
BY GARIT REID
Sentinel Staff
On Oct. 17 a
group of 12
CarePartners
Nurses, including
Denise Gilchrist
and Karen
Blackwell of
CarePartners of
Huron Perth
(Belgrave),
returned from Peru
in South America
where they were
on a medical aid
trip with the
Stratford Rotary
Club.
. The trip started
Sept. 30 and
involved 10 days
of clinics in remote
villages near the
city of Iquitos
(north east of the
capital city of
Lima) and along
the Amazon river.
The nurses treated
patients of all ages
with a variety of
illnesses.
The nurses
worked in four dif-
ferent areas in
Peru; El Triunfo,
48 km south of
Iquitos, • Febrero
13, 32 km south of
Iquitos; Santa
Maria Del Ojeal
and San Francisco
which .were both
along the Amazon.
The medical
team consisted of a
physician,• pharma-
cist, dentist and 14
nurses.
Jean Aitcheson,
who is a nurse at
the Stratford hospi-
tal, is the leader of
the medical aid
trip. Aitcheson,
along with the
Stratford Rotary
club, has been able
to make the con-
nections with the
rotary club in Peru
to set up clinics
and to plan the
transportation of
supplies.
One of the most
important iteasOns
they were there
was to provide
education to the
villagers so they
could take care of
themselves. The
nurses stressed the
importance of
drinking at least
six glasses of clean
water a day. They
found that most of
the people drank
only one glass a
day on average.
"Our frustration
was dealing with
people and getting
them to boil their
water so that it's
clean to drink,"
said Gilchrist.
"The kids were
another story
because they drink
a lot of sugary type
pop instead of
good clean water.
The problem being
that it's what's
available and
cheap."
Gilchrist and
Blackwell said
their main job was
to assess each
patient they saw
then either deal
with them directly
or send them to the
dentist or doctor if
they •needed any
special treatment,
all the time stress-
ing preventive
health education.
"I think the peo-
ple took in the edu-
cation we provid-
ed, but I think they
need their govern-.
ment to be more
involved," ' said
Gilchrist. "At a lot
of the places we
were, the concept
of garbage disposal
wasn't there.
During the rainy
season everything.
washes in to the
Amazon.
Sanitation and
drinking Clean
water is important
for people staying
healthy." ,
Gilchrist and•
Blackwell do think
they had a positive
impact on the peo-
ple and the villages
they visited and
were glad they
were given the
opportunity to
experience it. They
also had a lot of
fun on the Tuk
Tuks (motorcycle
carriages) that
zoomed around
and transported
many of the people
in the city of
Iquitos where they
stayed.
"We are giving
them a boost there.
We are giving them
a months worth of
vitamins," said
Gilchrist. "It's
something they
wouldn't have had
before, so it's
going to be a boost
to their immune
system. It is good
for them, even in
the short period of
time we were
there."
Submitted photo
On Oct. 17 a group of 12 CarePartners Nurses, including Denise
Gilchrist and Karen Blackwell of CarePartners of Huron Perth
(Belgrave), returned from .Peru in South America where they
were on a medical aid trip with the Stratford Rotary Club. Seen
here are 10 of the CarePartners nurses who took part in the
trip. Back row (1 to r): Susan Wideman, Karen Blackwell, Denise
Gilchrist and Joanne Swackhamer. Middle row: Heather
Saunders, Debra Bewley, Anabelle Entredkho, Linda Knight
(CEO of CarePartners) and Sabrina Novotny. Front row: Julie
Reid.
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Lucknow 6. District Sports Complex
I November 11 to 18
Wednesday, November 11
i 10:OOam - Adults & Tots
5:00pm - Midget LL #2 practice
1 6:06pm - Bantam Rep practice
• 7:00pm - PeeWee Girls vs Kincardine
8:00pm - PeeWee LL vs Wingham
9:30pm Rec League Kintail vs Lanes
1 Thursday, November 12
1000am - Adults and Tots
14:30pm - Novice LL practice
1 5:30pm - Midget Girls practice
1 6:30prn - Midget LL #2 vs Blyth
• 8.00pm - Midget LL #1 vs Teeswater
19:30pm - Rec League Lanes vs Lagers
Friday, November 13
110:00am - Adults & Tots
• 4:30pm - Tyke practice
5:30pm PeeWee LL practice
6:30pm - Atom Rep vs Saugeen Shores
1890pm - Juvenile Game
. Saturday, November 14
8.00am - Pee Wee girls practice
i 9:OOam - Figure Skating Club .
10:OOam • Tyke game
11:00am - Novice LL, practice
12:00pm Atom LL vs Walkerton #2
t30pm - Public Skating
630pm - Intermediate girls practice
18:00pm - Shelburne vs Lancers
1 Sunday, November 15
• 9:00am - Juvenile practice
110:00am - River Rats vs Harriston
i 1:00pm - Intermediate Ladies vs Belmore
• 2:30pm - Novice Rep vs Teeswater
3:30pm - Bantam Girls practice
• 5:00pm - Midget Girls vs Upper Maitland
1 7:30pm - Midget Rep practice
8:30pm - Bad Apples
9:30pm - Cliffs Shinny
Monday, November 16
10:00arn - Adults & Tots
1 4:00pm - Figure Skating Club Star Skate
• 5:00pm - Figure Skating Club - Can Skate
• 6:00pm - Atom Rep practice
7:00pm - Bantam Rep vs Arran Elderslie
i 8:30pm - Midget Rep vs Minto
• Tuesday, November 17
• 10:OOam - Adults & Tots
4:30pm - Tyke practice
• 5:30pm - Novice Rep practice
.1 6:30pm - Atom LL vs Walkerton
j 7:30pm - Bantam Girls practice
• 8:30pm • Lancer practice
• Wednesday, November 18
• 10:00am - Adults & Tots
• 5:00pm - Midget LL #2 practice
• 6:00pm - Bantam Rep practice
• 7:OOpm - PeeWee Girls vs Walkerton
8:00pm - PeeWee LL vt Durham
• 9:30pm Rec League Kintail vs Amberley
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