Friday’s Message From Dr. Folz
Posted on: February 5, 2010
I want to welcome Megan Hoffman, RN back from her mission trip,
to the Dominican Republic. Megan is a nurse practitioner
student who has been following me in clinic the past 6 weeks. During
her tour of duty Megan was stationed in the Dominican Republic where she treated local villagers as well as Haitian victims of the recent
earthquake who were evacuated to The Domincan Republic for needed Medical care. Megan recently commented on what struck her the most. “The patients were so appreciative of our help. Even the people who needed the care of specialists thanked us profusely even though all we could do was tell
them they needed care from someone else. The lack of available safe
drinking water was also shocking. We were telling people to drink water
so they would not get dehydrated but we knew how difficult it was to
find safe drinking water, something Americans can take for granted.”
Megan Hoffman is a Registered Nurse who works at the Saint Jude Medical Center. She is also currently enrolled in the Nurse Practitioner
program at Union University-Germantown campus.
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