JungleMedic's Web Site 2010-02-17T10:17:03Z JungleMedic aka Bryan Buchanan http://www.JungleMedicMissions.org/ http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1475

Hello everyone from hot Guatemala . Man it was 80 degrees today and I am not sure how much more of this sun and heat I can take. I know with the global warming you guys much be burning up too so try and stay out of the sun OK? I just dropped off our first team of the year and they were from the State of Utah. They showed me some pictures of where they lived and it was beautiful. As always they were a fantas...

2010-01-30T00:00:00Z 2010-01-31T08:17:00Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1476

One of the largest and most amazing Mayan ruins in the world is located in Guatemala. It is a 4 hour bus ride from our dorm to Tikal. This means 8 hours of driving to go for a one day trip. Because some teams have asked for this experience, we have put together a package that we offer in the middle of the mission trip for those who would like to visit the Tikal Mayan ruins. But due to the amount of time it takes, we have broken this adventure into a 2 day trip. One the first day we take our shuttl...

2010-01-30T00:00:00Z 2010-02-17T10:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1474

Hello Everybody from Guatemala . Well it is hard to believe the year 2009 is almost gone. It certainly has been a year of change for me personally and of course the world as I am sure it has been for you folks in the States. However God is good and he has provided us the teams and medicine and contacts with people and organizations that we never imagined or could have orchestrated on our own. When looking at our statistics it appears we have treate...

2009-12-16T00:00:00Z 2009-12-19T11:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1472

Hello Everyone from Guatemala…. You know how we all have dreams and visions and goals in our lives of things we want do to and accomplish? Well I have to say that thanks to the good Lord many of the things I have dreamed and had a vision for have come to fruition. But there was one that many folks just thought would not be possible. That was that I could not do surgery in my facility. But let me back up a bit here and give you some info to consider. Guatemala has the highest mal-nutrition ra...

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z 2009-11-29T11:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1473

Hello Everyone from Guatemala….. Well to be honest, we have not had a lot of teams lately and what the devil means for evil, God uses for Good! First I really needed some time off from the constant work and stresses of teams and all the preparations and all that has to be done before a team even gets here. But also I needed some time for my back to heal from the fall. Fortunately I have some good news about my health. Instead of going to a neurosurgeon and having...

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z 2009-11-29T12:17:00Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1471

Whew, yesterday was a tough day. It started off with many sick children lined up waiting at my clinic. Marleni and I treated them and then got an emergency call in a remote village where we were told a man was dying. We took the ambulance and responded and then walked into the jungle with our emergency equipment to find a 22 year old man lying in a hammock in a stick shack that had to be 100 degrees. Everyone was crying and praying and then we began our evaluation. W...

2009-10-09T00:00:00Z 2009-10-11T10:05:21Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1470

Hello Everyone from Guatemala This is really just an info and update letter but there are a few items I want to share with you all. A lot of people are now putting teams together for 2010 and want some information so I have put an“Informational Letter” at the end for people who are putting teams together and may want to make copies and give out to their team members or just people who are interested. A lot of people who have never been on ...

2009-10-03T00:00:00Z 2009-10-04T10:50:08Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1469

Hello everyone from Guatemala . I know for many, you have been following the journey of a small buy named Rodrigo who was burned when a huge pot of boiling stew fell on to his upper torso, burning his chest and both arms. As the story unfolds I would like to share with you from the beginning as I know it until just a few minutes ago when Rodrigo was her for her therapy. Apparently Rodrigo’s family did not know about me at the tim...

2009-09-05T00:00:00Z 2009-09-27T19:07:14Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1468

I wanted to just kind of touch base with you my friends and family who read or at least get my news letters and just give you and update and some information. First I need to say that I was pleasantly overwhelmed with the return e-mails I received from my readers concerning my last news letter. For me it was the hug I needed. Out of the hundreds of responses I received only one lady who asked to be removed from my news letter list.  Everyone else was supportive and e...

2009-08-15T00:00:00Z 2009-08-17T09:26:56Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1467

Well this is not going to be an easy letter to write because I always try to be positive and look at the good side of things but right now I am tired, broken, beat down, and just plain damaged goods. But God is good and He is still in control. Let me explain..But first let me say that some of the things I am going to tell you are going to shock you and I may loose many readers of my news letters because some of this will be very personal. But lets get started. For the last several months I have had so...

2009-08-05T00:00:00Z 2009-08-11T06:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1466

Hello everyone from Guatemala! This is the first time I have ever had a team from England and let me tell you how it happened. I have two medical students from England here for six weeks and they are fantastic. They have been a tremendous help to me and their names are Jessica and Calum. Here they are working on a patient who was in a car accident and had her leg was amputated. She cannot afford to go to hospital and had four kids and no husband so we are doing the best we can. 2009-07-11T00:00:00Z 2009-07-11T07:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1465

Hello Everyone from Guatemala. Whew! Just finished having four teams back to back in a row and although we have not had time to count all of our patient slips, we think we have treated over 3,500 people who would have never received medical care had people from the United States of America had not given up their time, finances and vacation to come and give medical care. Each team was different in many ways. Some were medical students learning to be doctors; so...

2009-06-24T00:00:00Z 2009-06-24T08:17:00Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1464

Hello Everyone from Guatemala! This is our 3rd team in a row of doing medical clinics in the jungle and this team was no different and than any of the other medical people who come to devote their time and energy and skills to helping people they dont even know. They were nursing students from the Atlanta area and again they were great! I have not had time to count the number a patients we saw all together but is was staggering and all in the hot heat of dry seaso...

2009-06-18T00:00:00Z 2009-06-20T18:17:01Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1463

Hello Everyone from Guatemala Well I am I the middle of hosting four medical teams back to back. I drop off one team at the airport and an hour later pick up the next team and head back to Guatemala. The first team was the Clayton State Nursing Students, which were all girls and one guy, then the LSU medical students were all guys, and now I am in the middle of student nurses from Gordon College from Alanta. But this is about the LSU Team As ...

2009-06-08T00:00:00Z 2009-06-09T17:17:00Z http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/Log_Page.php?id=1462

Hello Everyone from Guatemala! Well we had a team of nurses from Clayton State University come down and help us for 10 days and man did we work but they were also full of life. It was 16 women and 1 man. There were in their last year of nursing school so they were eager to deliver babies and suture and do clinics and that is what we did. We did five clinics and they were fantastic. ...

2009-05-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-05T09:56:16Z