Doctor, do you make 'Car Calls'?

I make a lot more house calls in Peru than I would in the USA.  I don't have set clinic hours, so I'm able to go to a patient's house if needed.  I've had to hike to some places, like once when I went to see a patient with Huntington's Chorea, who couldn't walk.  Today was my first 'car call'.  Pastor Simón asked me if I would see a patient in Clínica Arequipa with multiple leg fractures from a car accident to see if she would qualify for financial assistance from our Medical Assistance Project.  After I saw her, Pastor Simón asked if I would see another lady from his church who had been told that she had pancreatitis and sent home.  "Okay.  Where is she?" I asked.  "In my car!"  Simón said.  He's a taxi driver and had brought her to see me and had her wait in his car while I saw the first patient.  

Pray both patients recover.

The Georges in Peru

By:
Allen & Mary Beth George

About Us

We are Allen and Mary Beth George from Nebraska and Manitoba respectively.  Allen has been serving in Peru with SIM since 2000 when he arrived with his late wife, Amy.  Mary Beth has been serving in Peru since 2005.  Sarah & Zach are both in their medical residencies in Chicago (Sarah in emergency medicine and Zach in family medicine).  Ben is working for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in Taylorville, Illinois.  Mia is in her 2nd year studying physical therapy at Loma Linda U. in California.  Paul works as a programmer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.

What are we doing?

The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.

Where are we?:

Working on Church Planting with SIM in Latin America, South America, Amazonas, Peru