El Salvador MEDCAP treats nearly 3,000 patients in four days
ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Villagers of San Diego, El Salvador sit and wait for members of Joint Task Force-Bravo to arrive Nov. 20. 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. A team of 10 MEDEL personnel along with the El Salvador’s Ministry of Health personnel and local physicians conducted the MEDCAP for the benefit of Salvadorans in the cities of Guadalupe, San Diego, San Emigdio and Las Isetas -- the cities that were most affected by the flooding that began Nov. 8 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).