Lorens said this donation is an example of the excellent affair between Honduras and the United States and he is happy to make this donation.

Hyperbaric Oxygenation is a medical treatment that involves the breathing of pure oxygen while in a sealed Hyperbaric Chamber that has been pressurized at 1.5 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure.

It is estimated that over 1500 divers from La Mosquitia have been disabled as consequence from diving for lobsters and conch in the deep water of the Caribbean Sea.

Since the authorities started to register the statistics in 2006, over 315 divers have lost their lives as the result of diving deep waters without the use of proper diving equipment.

Another 55 divers have lost their lives between 2007 and 2008 for a total of 370 deaths, these divers lost their lives before they where compensated from suffering accidents during or after diving without any proper equipment.

The necessity forces the Misquitos to continue working on such dangerous work, the difference now is that the diving equipment has now improved; nevertheless, better work implements are still needed to avoid losing anymore lives in the next few years.

The divers undergo incapacity because they submerge in too deep waters without using proper diving equipment such as oxygen tanks, for this reason their lungs suffer lesions. The consequences are terrible since many of these divers are left paralyzed for life.

This situation is very difficult for the people in Puerto Lempira since they can only travel by sea or air; and round trip plane tickets to Tegucigalpa cost around 8,000 lempira’s, while traveling on boat to La Ceiba cost around 2000 and 2400 round trip.

La Mosquitia is considered the Amazon of Honduras, and even though the population in this area lack support from the government.