For our Healthcare In Latin American class, we took a field trip to the town of Carpio. Carpio is located in San José and was the main dumping point (landfill) for all trash in San José until five years ago. Costa Rica picks certain areas to be the next landfill for twenty years and then after they pick a new spot. With the old spot they tend to replant over the garbage. The neighborhoods unfortunately continue to have the negative affect of the "Wasteland" even when it's considered gone. We visited the only Ebais in Carpio. It was a crowded and pretty big Ebais. It served the whole area which consisted of up to 23,000 people.
The maps displayed where the prevalent diseases were within the community.
After Carpio we went to another Ebais in a town nearby. It was an impoverish community but it's facilities seemed nicer. This community itself had less inhabitants and the Ebais was less crowded (nearly empty) The facilities at the Ebais were very nice and it seemed like people were taken care of well.
This room was where people did research on the local diseases that are affecting the community.
Vaccines are promoted here!
Medicine compartment. All the local Ebais's get their medications from this Ebais.
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