Operation Medical’s Malawi Mission is Fast Approaching
Operation Medical is going to be conducting a surgical/healthcare mission in partnership with World Camp, Inc. in Malawi Africa from October 3 through October 10, 2014 in Lilongwe, Malawi at the Kamuzu Central Hospital. The team will be led by Dr. Baker Henson, one of Operation Medical’s Advisory Board members and one of the founders …
Operation Medical and Holy Spirit Hospital Partnership for the 2014 Homeless Connect Event
Dr. John Judson and Lisa Lewis, Vice President of Nursing at Holy Spirit Hospital have been working together to provide flu shots for the 5th annual Homeless Connect event that is being held September 11, 2014 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Farm Show Complex, 2nd floor conference area. This event is held …
Central PA Physician Wins PAMED’s International Voluntary Service Award
Mukul Parikh, MD — a Central Pennsylvania physician with a strong passion for medical volunteer work in underdeveloped countries—has been named recipient of the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s (PAMED’s) 2014 Physician Award for International Voluntary Service. Dr. Parikh, a practicing anesthesiologist at Riverside Anesthesia Associates and Pinnacle HealthSystem in Harrisburg and a 28-year PAMED member, has …
A Job Well Done
The volunteers, sponsors and hosts of Operation Medical’s flagship trip to Valsad India would like to thank everyone for your well wishes, prayers and support. The trip was a huge success and everyone has arrived home safely. We will treasure new friends made and always remember those we served.
Friday, January 24th. Where did the time go?
Friday, January 24th – While this trip is over, the Journey is still going forward In the past 6 days Team Valsad 2014 has settled into our home away from home and our work away from work with our new friends at Kasturba Hospital. It is hard to believe our time here for now has …
Thursday, January 23th – Team Valsad is Still Going Strong
We are nearing the end of the surgical camp and still going strong. The staff at Kasturba under the watchful eye of their fantastic administrator, Paritosh Joshi, continues to work so hard and we are thrilled with their level of care and knowledge. The OR techs anticipated the needs of the surgeons as though they …
Wednesday, January 22nd – As we say in the US – Hump Day!
Wednesday, January 22nd – Hump Day and Something We Rarely See in the US. It’s Wednesday and Hump Day, so on our drive into Valsad, we of course saw a camel drawing a buggy of sorts taking his driver to some work. We all had to smile at the sight, something we don’t see every …
Tuesday, January 21st – Morning — Recap of Monday
Monday was a rocking and rolling day and the team performed 44 procedures! The breakdown by specialty for the day was: 4 – ENT — Dr. Shapiro was working mainly on ears 9 – Plastics — Many, many burn scars 13 – Gynecology — Hysterectomries, D&Cs, Diagnostic Laparoscopies 18 – General Surgery –Hernias, Hysrocelectomies, Bilateral …
Monday, January 20 – A Short Recap of Sunday
Yesterday was a full day for the team beginning with the early ride to Valsad to begin surgeries and ending at about 7pm with some late screenings for the next day. The team completed 27 cases that went through our recovery room including a tonsillectomy, some nasal septoplasties, cleft lips, burn scar repairs, hernias, hysterectomies, …
Sunday, January 19, 2013 – at Kasturba Hospital – Hard at Work!
January 19th It is currently 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon and this is the first opportunity to let you all know how the trip is going. Everyone arrived safely in the wee hours of Saturday morning. All in all it was about a 30 hour journey from door to door. Arriving in Mumbai (Bombay) we made …
