Day Five of the Haiti Mission – The New England Team’s Last Clinical Day
Friday, October 24, 2014 the Operation Medical team ran a busy clinic and for the New England team, half of the team, it represents their their last day. While the operation room was busy with hernias, Dr. Segil ran GYN clinic and saw lots of simple GYN visits as well as performing two LEEP procedures. …
Another Warm Day in Haiti – Day Four of the Haiti Mission
October 23, 2014 of the Haiti mission started with myometconmies, removal of fibroids in women who desire fertility. The first patient was 41 years old but concerned about future children. This is not uncommon in this culture because it is hard to marry if you can’t produce children. In the first case the fibroid was …
The Operation Medical Team Completes Their First Clinic Day in Haiti
On Monday, October 20, 2014 the Operation Medical team had their first clinic day at Pierre Payen Hospital. Last year the team completed one surgical case on their first day and this year the team completed 5 cases! Dr. Jeff Segil said “The team was amazing beyond belief. Everyone knew what to do and got …
Operation Medical Goes to Mehsana, India
On January 15, 2015 Operation Medical will be taking a team to Lions Hospital located in Mehsana in the State of Gujarat, India. Lions Hospital is a 250 bed hospital and has many departments including dental, arthroscopy, orthopedic, urology and cath lab. They have 4 operating rooms and an eye room with a PHACO machine. …
The Northern’s Head to Haiti
This year Operation Medical is fortunate to have a husband/wife team joining the Haiti 2014 surgical mission team. Marc will be joining the team in the second week of the mission and Theresa will be participating in the two-week period of the mission trip. Marc Northern, MD is currently a general surgery resident at Kessler …
Operation Medical Malawi Mission – A Short Recap of Wednesday, October 8, 2014
The schedule for Wednesday included 14 cases: hernias, below the knee amputation, numerous breast mass tumors and goiter removal. The recovery room is a very interesting place in the Hospital. Patients are brought into the recovery room and 2 nurses monitor their pulse and oxygenation. There are no monitors for EKG and blood pressure and …
Operation Medical Malawi Mission – A Short Recap of Tuesday, October 7, 2014
The team arrived at the Hospital at 7:30 am on Tuesday. The scheduled included 8 females (1 pediatric) and 7 males (3 pediatric) with cases that included hernia, mastectomy, abdominal masses, cholecystectomy and a foot amputation. After having one day under their belts, the team got off to a good start and completed the schedule …
Operation Medical Malawi Mission – A Short Recap of Monday, October 6, 2014
The morning started out with the Emergency Room receiving a significant amount of critical trama injuries requiring ICU level care. Additional cases included: strangulated hernia, 3rd degree burns, small bowel abstruction and complicated lacerations. During the course of the day Dr. Amber Newell and Jennifer Silvey treated over 40 cases. In the Operating Rooms the …
Operation Medical Malawi Mission – A Short Recap of Sunday October 5, 2014
The team has arrived!! Today was a busy day and the mission participants were buzzing with excitement. In the morning the team went to the Hospital for a tour of the wards and operating rooms. Mission supply bags were set up in the temporary supply room and the Operation Medical team met the staff of …
Operation Medical Malawi Mission – A Short Recap of Saturday October 4, 2014
The day started off with Dr. Bipin Patel and Diana Klescewski, RN leaving for the hospital around 9:00 am to determine if there were any cases they could assist with prior to the official start of the mission on Monday, October 6, 2014. When they arrived at the hospital they met with the surgery resident …
