The Baxter Clinic participates in medical missions with groups willing to help in impoverished areas of Honduras. These medical mission efforts can be medical, dental, or both. We work with the local churches of Christ to address the needs of the congregation and the community in general. If a group is interested in carrying out a medical brigade, we help with the local coordination.
The Baxter Clinic works with Honduras’ protocol. Doctors or dentists living outside of Honduras need to send in advance copies of their documents and licenses to get approval from the appropriate medical association. We keep the records of the patients seen during the trip and share epidemiological information with the Health Department so they can act based on this information.
During the trips we try to cover every area in need: medical, dental, and spiritual. Groups are encouraged to share a VBS or Bible studies with the patients that attend. In this way everyone, whether a medical professional or not, can participate in the mission.
Here is a list of ways the Baxter clinic can help during a medical mission tirp:
- Help locate communites in need of medical attention through local churches or the health department;
- Work with the local contacts to coordination logistics once a site has been selected for the mission;
- Help with group logistics to ensure an adequate location for the brigade, security, scheduling, translators, etc;
- Develop a projected budget for supplies and typical medicines that will be used on site;
- Likewise list materials that the dental crew will need based on the seasonal diseases and the number of patients that will be evaluated;
- For groups with doctors and dentists, we take their information and documents to the medical associations for temporary approval to practice.
- Baxter staff can join the group as care providers if the group has no professional medical members;
- Our staff helps out as volunteers, not receiving any additional salary for their work. However, donations of any medicines and materials left over are always appreciated and are used to help with Baxter clinic’s daily operations.
During the trips we try to cover every area in need: medical, dental, and spiritual. Groups are encouraged to share a VBS or Bible studies with the patients that attend. In this way everyone, whether a medical professional or not, can participate in the mission.
We strongly believe that the human being is a whole, both body and spirit. We can evangelize by showing God´s love by taking care of the physical needs as well as the spiritual needs. So help us help those in need by planning a medical mission trip through the Baxter Clinic.