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When Seconds Matter: A Gift That Is Saving Lives in Honduras
At Hospital Socorro de lo Alto, a donated defibrillator is already helping the care team respond when seconds matter. In an emergency, there is no time to search for what is needed. There is only the next breath, the next heartbeat, and the people standing ready to help. Earlier this year, an anonymous donor gave…
Serving and Being Served: A Volunteer’s Experience at Hospital Socorro de lo Alto
In 2025, I had the opportunity to volunteer photography for Hospital Socorro de lo Alto in Sula and Emerald Coast Missions, a dental mission within the hospital. The hospital and dental teams serve the area and positively impact many people. I was impressed with the high quality, caring and compassion of the medical team not…
New Homes for Tomas, Julio and Manuel!!!
The Construction team organized by Ron Mashburn and his loyal group of volunteers have completed new residences for Tomas, Julio and Manuel. It has taken many hours of hard work organizing donations, construction, supplies and volunteers to make this dream come true for our beloved members of the Hospital Socorro de lo Alto family. As…
A new Laundry for the Hospital
April 1 2025 The Mashburn Construction Team generously constructed a new Laundry at Hospital Socorro de lo Alto and it is complete. Many months of fundraising and construction have enabled this gift to the hospital. Thank you generous donors and construction volunteers. The laundry has a new location with better protection from the sun. …
Welcome new HCS Board Member Krystal Kohler!
Hello, wonderful Health Caring Services community! I’m Krystal Kohler, and I’m beyond excited to be joining the HCS Board! Most of my career has been spent in fundraising, and I’m grateful to use my experience to support HCS’s important work. In January, I had the incredible chance to volunteer at Hospital Socorro de lo Alto…
Dental Team expands their mission
Hodges Dental team 2024 had a wonderful week in Honduras. Sixteen team members provided services (8 from the USA, 7 from Honduras and one team member from Guatemala). They were joined by 5 Honduran student nurses. This year’s trip was very fulfilling, as in addition to the many usual patients and school children who received…
Kinsey Team returns to Sula!
The Kinsey Brigade took a general surgery team to Hospital Socorro de lo Alto July 6 – July 11, 2024. This team has been coming to Hospital Socorro de lo Alto for years. The current team consisted of 20 people including 2 general surgeons, 5 anesthesia personnel, 4 scrub techs., 2 RN’s and…
The X-ray department gets a MAJOR facelift.
The past months have brought many changes to the hospital as each department has undergone updates to bring them up to government health standards. One of these departments that has had mandates met is the X-ray department. There have been many changes over the years, going from the “wet-read” process where freshly developed, wet X-rays…
Nursing Graduation- A CELEBRATION for everyone!!!!
In December 2022, the nursing school in Sula, founded by our wonderful head of nursing at the hospital, Lic. Ana Garcia, R.N., graduated a new class of nurses. Lic. Ana tells the story in her own words. It’s well worth the read, even though it is longer than a typical blog!!!! “The second promotion graduated…
July 2023 Mountain Ministry Dental Team
We have just returned from our latest dental mission in Honduras. Although this mission was quite challenging, and we had to make some adjustments, we were successful in helping many patients in the clinic and saw around 300 children in the schools where they received dental hygiene instruction and had fluoride applied, as well as…