"Our hospital has not been touched. Our doctors have not been kidnapped. This is a miracle of God, believe me,"
Guadalupe is a 74 year old woman that lives in El Paso, Texas but originally from Saltillo. She started a health center over 30 years ago in Juarez, Mexico. Juarez in the past few years has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world as violent battles between drug cartels have taken control of the city.
She describes the health centre that she opened, Hospital de la Familia, as a sancuary for healing in a city where there is so much pain. In one weekend she recalls Juarez has over 51 homicides. Still, she insists on visiting Juarez at least 5 times a week to visit people in the hospital.
She notes that no one as of yet has tried to kidknapp any of her doctors or harm her patients. Juarenses know that Hospital de la Familia is a sanctuary of the city and a place where people can heal in peace.
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