Getting to know you Senor El Salvador

The Where's Waldo of the pillaging Uncle Sam  & Conquistadors

Jackie being the tree

my little mayan friends

at MARTE - with butter knife attack

    Morning: 

Go to Glasswing Institute

Meet & try to remember 14 new Spanish names and job descriptions

    Lunch: 

Eat several traditional Salvadoran dishes: Pupasas [thick corn tortilla filled with cheese, beans, meat, etc], Tamales & sugar coated fried Plaintains

   Afternoon: 

Visit National Anthropology Museum

Randomly meet amazing Salvadoran Artist, Licry Bicard

Disobey first rule of travel by getting a ride from said Salvadoran Artist

Artist drops us off at the desired location, the contemporary art museum

Trust in humanity is a great thing :)

giant crushed wooden wheel or modern art?

For all of those Timber Frame lovers out there

 This may be a challenge to make more organic looking scarf joints

 

The entire Rosales National Hospital and hospital chapel are made out of stamped sheet metal. As seen below the paint is peeled off exposing the metal and rivets are abundant.

Built by the Danish in 1902 as a temporary prefabricated structure, the campus was slated to be torn down after many years of use. It is not only still standing, but it is now considered a national heritage site so it will remain.

Many of the buildings are the original construction with few renovations. Recently, the hospital proudly opened a new 10 bed ICU with another section of 10 beds soon to open. 

Interior of Metal Chapel

Sheet Metal revealed

Open Air courtyards & Gardens weave in and out of the Hospital

Above, a typical hospital scene in front of one of the many open air buildings, this one is for medication storage

The nurses pictured on the left side are relatively few in the hospital

Doctors perform many of the tasks that nurses do in the states, including triage in the Emergency Dept

Touring around with Doctor Maurico & Josue

Stark differences exist between public and private Salvadoran hospitals with staffing and resources

Hospital Rosales is the best of the public options

It's a teaching hospital and has many residents as well as specialists to teach them

Original entrance

LINKS

Rosales National Hospital

Licry Bicard