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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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