El Salvador MEDCAP treats nearly 3,000 patients in four days
ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Air Force Capt. Manuel Silveira (center), MEDEL pharmacist, explains a perscription Nov. 20 in San Diego, El Salvador. JTF-Bravo Medical Element performed a Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, from Nov. 19 to 23 treating 2,987 people in several different cities affected by the El Salvador mudslides. The MEDEL personnel distributed more than $23,000 in medical supplies during the MEDCAP. The medicines ranged from prescription medicine to common pain-killers (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).