16th Free Surgical Camp Another Record Setting Year! | Full Report 2013
Another Record Setting Year 2013 proved to be an exciting year indeed. The team was very anxious to see the wonderful improvements that our hospital administrator Mr. Jay had worked so hard to get completed. With an additional operating room we were able to bring both an additional surgeon and anestetist. Set with additional capacity
What A Pace
Its Sunday, no work day, down time. I took the team to the Leprosy Village this AM. Those of you who have been here know it well. Its the same only worse. 7 years ago we raised some $$ to put metal doors on the open toilets. Some of them have fallen into rot and
Happy Home
Today we went to Happy Home, a small grass roots home for about 20 children who either have HIV or who’ve lost their parents to HIV. Like the lepers, people with HIV are outcasts, no one wants them around so the children have nowhere to go. We heard their stories from the Indian married couple
We Made It!
The really only important part of flying is for the pilot to land the plane on the proper runway at the proper time. Everything else is secondary, including eating your knees for lunch. We all made it OK with the exception of one of my duffles of supplies. It took 20 minutes to go thru
The 15th Free Surgical Camp A Record Setting Year! | Full Report 2012
2012 proved to be a record-setting year for the Free Surgical Camp with the completion of 900 examinations and over 230 surgeries in 11 days! The Team traveled from here and yon, including Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Utah, Washington and India. The meeting place was the First Transit Hotel just outside the Hyderabad International
Khammam Impressions
On the first day of the 2012 Free Surgical Camp, there was an opening ceremony where our India hosts expressed their gratitude to the organizers, donors, and participants, and then it was like the gun went off for an ultra-marathon. Day one action included the screening of many of the poor who have come in
The Last Hurrah
Hey Statesiders, Things are winding down here. There has been a bit of a down turn in the number of patients showing up the past few days, so its been a little easier on us. Theories abound from less of the word going out to the villages since Azariah’s death to a new Gov’t program
A New Year 2012
Hey Statesiders, We’re back in Incredible India, back in Khammam for Free Surgical Camp (FSC) yet again. This is the 15th Camp in 14 years. This year seems busier than in past years in that I haven’t found time to email you till this AM (6AM).Dave Emerson, a cabinet-maker and Master Carpenter, and also our
Essential Repairs And Renovations 2011
It is without a doubt that the conditions at St. Mary’s Mission Hospital since the British built it back in the 1800’s have deteriorated dramatically. Any patient used to the health care standards in the United State or Europe would simply be besides themselves if relegated to such conditions. While over the years certain limited
The 14th Free Surgical Camp | Full Report 2011
The 14th Free Surgical Camp 2011 proved to be another very successful year for the Free Surgical Camp at St. Mary’s Mission Hospital held from January 8 through Jan 22. We were delighted to have returning surgeons Dr. George Longstreth, Dr. Joe Bardenheier III, Dr. Bob Dywer and Dr. Sulochana Christopher and our anesthesiologist Dr.