After 7 years of suffering from diabetes without access to
adequate treatment and nutrition, a 49 years old father of five children
Rodrigo passed away in his small home in San Jorge La Laguna, Sololá,
Guatemala in the morning of July 26th 2012. In his latest months,
Rodrigo, who chose not to return to the public hospital where he had
been in and out frequently without any progress and an access to
adequate care. In Guatemala, public hospital where all services are free
means too often no access to adequate care and attention. However he
decided not to seek further treatment at private hospital to save his
family from financial burden that comes for his recovery, and his family
respected his decision. Rodrigo’s family is poor and has been struggled
to secure daily necessities. Rodrigo’s last will was to find help for
family for after he was gone.