AGROAMERICA BENEFITED MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE IN RETALHULEU AND SAN MARCOS WITH MEDICAL CARE, TEST AND MEDICINES

AGROAMERICA BENEFITED MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE IN RETALHULEU AND SAN MARCOS WITH MEDICAL CARE, TEST AND MEDICINES

Guatemala, October 2012. Agroamerica in partnership with Fundación Santa Teresa de Ávila y Rene and the health centers of the villages, last week conducted two medical consult days in village La Blanquita of the department of Retalhuleu and in Los Limones, department of San Marcos. The activity benefited more than 500 people in rural areas, most of them farm workers and their families.

On both days medical assistance and tests were provided and medication was given at no cost for the beneficiaries. Free transportation was also given to all attendees and travelling expenses for the doctors and nurses. The total cost of the activity was Q46,000.

“For Agroamerica the preventive health of their employees and their families is very important”, commented Humberto Orozco, Community Relations Manager in Agroamerica. “That is why we coordinate with Fundación Santa Teresa de Avila y Rene to benefit the population of the rural area, bringing medicine and tests that are not available to them, either because of the distance or due to their price”, added Orozco.

Advantage of the activity was taken to raise awareness among young people about the drug problems. Orozco gave a conference for 150 middle school students of the Instituto por Cooperativa of community La Blanca, about drug addiction.

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