We ran a pilot project today, offering free or very affordable health services on the HCJB compound and at the Quito hospital. We want to make health services affordable for people of few economic resources. So today, (and hopefully once a month or so) you could get your blood pressure checked, eyes checked, teeth cleaned and body mass index checked for free. For $5 you could make an appointment with a specialist in the hospital.
We did this without advertising, except one brief interview during the morning on the radio. We rendered approximately 900 services, and had about 2000 people visit the radio compound or hospital. By all measures it was a success.
While people were getting checked - or waiting to get checked, or waiting on someone else who was getting checked - a musical team played Christian music, and for a short while, the Ecuadorian Police Band played patriotic music.
More photos are on our flickr website here.
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