In this photograph from July 2006, this brother and sister duo had walked for four hours to reach a one room, sparsely stocked clinic in rural Mexico that is only open sporadically. The nearest hospital is a day or two walk from where they live and no one owns a vehicle. Once a patient arrives, they will wait for several hours to be seen by the First Aid Worker.

First published in the May 01, 2019, 9:04 p.m. edition

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