FlyingSamaritans
Los Amigos Chapter
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Los Amigos Chapter
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SAN QUINTIN PROJECT
The Flying Samaritans
San Quintin Clinic Schedule
Hospital "El Buen Pastor" Click here to view pictures of the Buen Pastor Hospital.
LOPEZ MATEOS CLINIC The location of this clinic is shown on the
Baja
California aeronautical chart as Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos (sometimes spelled
Matoes) and is at a latitude of 25 degrees, 11 minutes north and 112 degrees, 7
minutes west. It is on the Pacific Coast of the Baja California
Sur. The Local population refers to this small fishing village
In 1990 the town suffered an 80% unemployment rate
when the cannery reduced employees from 1200 to 100. While on a whale-watching trip to Lopez
Mateos in 1994, the Rotary
and the community leaders of Lopez Mateos met with members of the Los Amigos Chapter
and asked them to help provide needed health care to their town. They hosted a tour of
the town and provided a fish fry luncheon
complete with turtle soup. In September, 1994 the Los
Amigos Chapter held their first clinic in Lopez Mateos. In 1995 the Sams conducted their clinic in an old house located in the center of town. The old house was owned by the bank and considered uninhabitable because of termite infestation. In 2001 the cannery donated land for use by the Los Amigos Chapter and the Sams began renovation of a small building located on the property. In 2003 the Sams Los Amigos chapter moved their clinic out of the condemned building in town and into the newly renovated building. The new clinic building was made possible through the generosity of the cannery who donated the land, the hard work of Sams volunteers who worked many weekends to renovate the building, and the humanitarian financial donations of many, many people. The dental area has 3 dental chairs
plus a chair dedicated to a dental hygienist. The clinic also has
three chiropractic tables
DENTAL
TRIAGE
OPTOMETRY
PHARMACY
CHIROPRACTIC
MEDICAL
TRANSLATORS
SEE PICTURES OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CLINIC AT LOPEZ MATEOS
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of
approximately
2000
people as Matancitas. The 4300 foot runway is hard packed dirt
and is usually very well maintained, especially during February and March when
many tourists fly into the area to go whale watching.
and
four medical examination rooms, including facilities for an OB/GYN as well as other medical personnel.
There is also a well equipped pharmacy. In 2005 an eye
clinic was added to the other free services that the Los Amigos chapter
provides to this remote fishing village. All of the equipment was donated, or
purchased from money donated, and hauled to clinic in small aircraft, often in
pieces, to be reassembled by our helpers at the clinic.
