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Paula Pareto Shares Holy Week Medical Mission in Chaco

Her post frames her shift from sport to medicine as a way to confront rural health gaps.

Overview

  • In a new Instagram post, the Olympic gold medalist turned traumatology physician shared photos and video of a Holy Week medical mission in Argentina’s Chaco province.
  • She described long workdays that ran from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. across two small towns after a dawn departure and a late arrival to the province.
  • Detailing the route, she cited care at Tres Isletas’ zonal hospital and said the team slept in a local school while rotating through nearby communities.
  • Calling the trip the dream that led her to study medicine, she wrote that goals are pursued and achieved and that she wants to feel useful as a doctor and as a person.
  • She also argued that families far from big cities face unfair barriers to basic care, a theme that helped her behind-the-scenes post move followers and draw national coverage.