Jessica Sandoval, a young 27-year woman, was 7 months pregnant with her third child when she began to experience symptoms of premature labor. With hesitation, she went to the primary health center fearing that the doctors there would send her to Victoria and she could lose her baby on the way. However, they immediately hospitalized her at the AmeriCares Hospital just yards away. Her doctors quickly stopped her bleeding and prevented a dangerous, premature delivery. Jessica stayed at the hospital for five days and recounted the following about her experience:

“I’m comfortable here, well cared for, and I feel that the doctors are taking precautions so that my baby is healthy.