WACHALAL:
noun. from the Mayan K'iche' language.
Meaning "my brother."
WACHALAL IS A U.S. BASED, 501(C)(3) APPROVED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT ITS GUATEMALAN SISTER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION,
"AJKUN PA LE QATINIMIT - CLÍNICA MÉDICA CRISTIANA"(APQ).
APQ IS A UNIQUE, PURPOSE BUILT, MODEL HYBRID HEALTH CENTER SITUATED IN RURAL GUATEMALA CONSISTING OF OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION, ON-SITE PHARMACY AND LABORATORY, POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND, AND INPATIENT CARE- INCLUDING CRITICAL CARE AND RESUSCITATION.
LOVE + SERVE
patient.care.
ACUTE CARE- OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION, INPATIENT CARE, CRITICAL CARE & RESUSCITATION.
LONGITUDINAL CARE- CHRONIC & COMPLEX CONDITIONS
"THE IDEA THAT SOME LIVES MATTER LESS IS THE ROOT OF ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD"
~PAUL FARMER
LEARN + TEACH
spiral.Upward.
COLLABORATING WITH INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN RESUSCITATION AND POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND.
JOINING FORCES WITH ONE OF THE PREMIER FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
AS AN INTERNATIONAL HOST SITE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOWS.
CONSTANTLY UPSKILLING AT THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM LEVEL.
UTILIZING HIGH FIDELITY IN-SITU SIMULATION AND CONSISTENT DELIBERATE PRACTICE.
BRINGING THE LATEST EVIDENCE BASED CARE AND TECHNOLOGY TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN RURAL GUATEMALA.
MEASURING WHAT MATTERS.
TRACKING PATIENT CARE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES ON AN ELEGANT iPAD BASED EMR.
"WITH RARE EXCEPTIONS, ALL OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS ON THIS PLANET WILL COME FROM WORKING WITH OTHERS- OR, IN A WORD, PARTNERSHIP."
~PAUL FARMER
REIMAGINE + LEAD
i-con-o-clas-tic
TRANSCENDING ASPIRATIONS OF APPROXIMATING
THE HEALTHCARE OF A RESOURCE RICH SETTING IN A RESOURCE LIMITED CONTEXT.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE "SICK CARE" MODEL OF CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
FALLS WOEFULLY SHORT ON MANY FRONTS.
ORIENTING TOWARDS OUR POLESTAR OF LIFE-CHANGING, REVOLUTIONARY, HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE
BY INTEGRATING
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE & GENOMICS BASED PERSONALIZED MEDICINE SUPPORTED BY ROBUST COACHING.
"IT IS TIME WE AWAKEN TO THE FACT THAT CONFORMITY TO A SICK SOCIETY IS TO BE SICK."
-RICHARD J. FOSTER
"THE IMPEDIMENT TO ACTION ADVANCES ACTION. WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY BECOMES THE WAY."
-MARCUS AURELIUS
...IT'S QUITE SIMPLE:
DO WHAT IS FAIR AND JUST TO YOUR NEIGHBOR,
BE COMPASSIONATE AND LOYAL IN YOUR LOVE,
AND DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY—
TAKE GOD SERIOUSLY.
-MICAH 6:8 (MSG)
CONTACT FORM-
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR WORK IN RURAL GUATEMALA, YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US HERE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!