Pan American Health Service, INC- Projects

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> PAHS started treating patients in an Army squad tent in 1960

> In 1965 the Morrison-Knudson Co. donated barracks buildings that

>>served as the Hospital until 2006; it was dismantled & recycled in 2007.

> Reconstruction of the Hospital, Kitchen & Dining Hall began in 2009.

> The Nutrition Hospital rehabilitates an avarege of 100 children a year.

Our Projects

Our fight against hunger started 44 years ago. There has been alot of "living" in our old buildings - renewed little lives as well as some sad deaths form part of the panorama of memories that have taken place here. The old wooden buildings were second-hand barracks donated by a construction company. These buildings helped to provide healthcare and gave shelter. Due to the effects of the tropical weather and the mountain lake climate our main Nutrition Hospital Builiding was dismantled; the usable pieces were recycled, while the deteriorated wood was used to fuel the wood-burning stove in our kitchen.

Our most important project at this time is the rebuilidng of the Nutritional Hospital. This new building will have a Ward, Dining Hall, Clinic rooms, Laundry, Kitchen and physician's apartment.

The Children's Home - with a wing for Girls and a wing for younger Boys is near completion.The Casita Feliz (Happy Little House) serves as temporary sleep, play and dining area for the Nutritional Rehabilitation patients.

Other important projects include the rebuilding of the Outpatient Clinic, administration offices, older Boys Home and the Bakery, as well as the construcion of an educational building, and a comercial building in which to sell products from our Campus to a growing base of tourist to the Lake Yojoa region.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NUTRITIONAL HOSPITAL

Old Hospital Building	Actual Hospital Stage	New Hospital Building Design

Due to the effects of the tropical mountain lake climate our main Nutrition Hospital Builiding's wooden structure deteriorated, making it essential to build a structure that would withstand the enviroment.

Our New Hospital Building will be built of concrete and steel to make preventive maintance easier and more feaseable. This New Hospital has been designed with our present needs in mind and will be more comfortable functionally than our present facility. It will have a capacity to care for up to 50 recovering malnourished patients and will have a four-bed special-care area for acutely ill children. Also there will be a clinic area with an exam and suture room. The laundry will be washed and dried within the confines of this building to prevent the loss of clothing items to various elements. Finally the main dining hall for the Homes, as well as the Hospital will be in this building.

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