THIS PAST WEEK THE CLINICA MAXEÑA CELEBRATED THIRTY YEARS

            OF EYE SURGERIES, MOSTLY CATARACTS.  WE HONORED DR JOSEPH                          KUPKO,  ONE OF THE FOUNDER OPTHAMOLOGIST  WITH OTHERS IN
            1989!  THERE ARE TWO jORNADAS EACH YEAR!  WE ADVERTISE FOR
            ALL WITH THIS NEED.  SINCE THE BEGINNINGS, THOSE WITH FINANCIAL                  NEED HAVE NOT PAID THE $100. REQUESTED, FOR CATARACT SURGERY.                   THEY ARE  INTERVIEWED BY "MIGUEL", A WORKER OF THE CLINIC FOR                  MORE THAN 50 YEARS.  EXTRA FUNDS PAY FOR EXTRA WORKERS, IN THE                KITCHEN, OPERATING ROOM, IN CONSULT AND AS TRANSLATORS.  THERE
            ARE CARETAKERS 24 HOURS FOR THOSE OPERATED.  NIGHT GUARDS ALSO
            ARE PRESENT FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS.  THEIR POST OP CARE IS BY 
             A GUATEMALAN OPTHALMOLOIST WHO WORKS WITH US IN THIS                               PROJECTS.  ONE OR TWO OF NURSES ACCOMPANY THE PATIENTS FOR                       FOLLOW UP CARE, IN OUR VEHICLES.  DR TIM MCINNIS, ALSO MONTANA
             OPTHALMOLOGIST IS A REGULAR PARTICIPANT.  ALL OUR WORKERS 
             PARTICIPATE, WHILE DOCTOR JORGE,  THE CLINIC MAYAN PHYSICIAN
             HAS CONSULT FOR OTHER PATIENTS, AS DAILY.  THIS CLINIC HAS ALWAYS
           
 SERVED THE MOST POOR, BUT DOORS OPEN TO ALL.

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