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Centro Medico Humberto Parra Documentary

Mike Helenek made an excellent documentary about the clinic. View the videos in the video section, or watch the whole thing at the link.

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Fine art photographs of Bolivia

Lavinia Sinitean is a photographic artist working in Bolivia. She has generously agreed to donate the proceeds from sales of her work posted inthis galleryto support Centro Medico Humberto Parra. Support the clinic and Lavinia's artistic vision...and get some beautiful art for yourself or for gifts.

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Bolivia: Evo Morales on the Daily Show

The Bolivian President visited the set of The Daily Show in 2007. Enjoy the video.

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Centro Medico Humberto Parra

Centro Medico Humberto Parra strives to improve the health and well-being of poor rural Bolivian communities.

Centro Medico provides free primary healthcare, medication, health education and other health services to people who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The clinic works in partnership with the surrounding communities to enable them to lead healthy lives. Centro Medico is primarily staffed by volunteer American and Bolivian physicians and is entirely funded by private donations from Bolivia and the United States.

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December 8, 2011

The CMHP Fiesta celebrating the 10th anniversary!
This weekend on December 10th, we're hosting the annual fiesta. This year it will be at the Fitness Center Atrium at Loyola University Medical Center from 5-8pm.

As part of the festivities is our Silent Auction which will accept bids over the internet until the auction starts at 5pm.

There will also be a Raffle where the winner will get an iPad2. Tickets are 1 for $3, 7 for $20

Support us simply:
The easiest way to support us is to install the Goodshop Toolbar. If it is installed with firefox or internet explorer, every time you shop online, it gives a small percentage to the clinic. You can even hide the toolbar after you install it. Otherwise, go through GoodShop and a small percentage of what you buy will be donated to us. Enter Centro Medico Humberto Parra in the line who do you GoodShop for and then shop and we earn referral fees for a variety of places ranging from the Apple Store to PetSmart to United Airlines.

Use Goodsearch to surf the web:
Use GoodSearch to surf the web and earn Centro a small donation. Simply enter our name in the box that says "Who do you Goodsearch for" and search away.

Patient in Focus

Last spring, several days after arriving in Cochabamba for a family visit, Roxanna Maria Ortiz Vaca began to bleed. She mistook it for her period, two weeks early, until she bled through her underwear and her pants, and her sister-in-law insisted Roxana go to the hospital.

Alan el Avestruz

As the clinic’s coordinator, I schedule appointments and answer calls; I drive patients to the city hospital and drive them back; I order the titanium rods for the surgeons to insert in scoliotic backs. I also teach a creative writing class to two teenage girls, Stephanie Seone Zabala and Yoryina Daza Sosa, who volunteer every Saturday at the clinic.

Care at Centro Médico Continues Despite Torrential Downpours, a Bridge Collapse and Knee-deep Mud

Anyone who has worked at Centro Médico knows that one of the biggest challenges to providing patient care is not lack of supplies or funds but Mother Nature. Since February 2007, wet summer weather has resulted in treacherous road conditions forcing Centro Médico to move house and operate out of the small government-supported medical post in the village of Palacios