by Staff | Feb 13, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
We are incredibly fortunate to be working in a beautiful new hospital, Hospital General Dra.Isabel Carreon Garcia. Located in the Boca del Rio area of Veracruz, this modern, top-notch facility has just been open since January of this year. Hospital staff have...
by Staff | Feb 12, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
We can’t speak for the early bus but the 7 o’clock bus left right on time Monday morning. We had been warned that it would leave EXACTLY on time, with no mercy for stragglers.Dr.Cullington came through the dining room and issued a 9 minute warning for those...
by Staff | Feb 12, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
From the young patients’ perspective, the experience must be a bit frightening, with lots of strangers speaking in a foreign language crowding around to look in their mouth! Throughout the day in spite of crowded conditions and long waits, the patients and...
by Staff | Feb 11, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
To the uninitiated the scene might look like sheer chaos. But Dr.Cullington has given detailed instructions for sorting patients by age and type of surgery to facilitate scheduling. Kendyl was there to keep it all running in the right direction and to give the...
by Staff | Feb 11, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
by Anne Woodson Patients were screened by the surgeons first. Say ‘ahhhh.’ Then on to be cleared by an anesthesiologist and, if needed, the dentist and speech pathologist Speech pathologist Jissel Anaya was busy screening cleft palate patients...
by Staff | Feb 11, 2014 | Medical Mission Trips, Veracruz 2014
Sunday, February 9th was setup and screen day. Bright and early we set off in two buses. These bus rides seem to be the only time our leaders can corral us for instructions. Half the team went to the hospital to set up equipment and after only one brief stop...
