Summer Free Surgical Camp
CSI-DORNAKAL DIOCESE St. MARY’S MISSION HOSPITAL, KHAMMAM. Free Surgical Camp from 8th to 13th August 2016 (with extension of 4 days) Greetings from St.Mary’s Mission Hospital family! We have been successfully organized Summer Free Surgical Camp. 74 major & minor surgeries done.
Elbow Burn Scar Release
This young 35-year-old woman entered the clinic on the fourth day of the camp. She has burns over 90% of her body all of which were self-inflicted. There is a cultural challenge in India that ostracizes women who are not asked to be married by their first suitor. From then on she is a social
Burn Scar Z-Plasty Neck Release
A beautiful young woman entered the clinic on the third day with terrible burn scars from her chin and all the way down her neck and chest. Two years prior in a complete state of heart broken despair this woman poured kerosene on herself and lit it on fire, yet then decided to change her
Breaking Records | Full Report 2015
Surgeries, Team, Updates, Yearly Reports
Twelve of us volunteers from the USA arrived in Hyderabad from JFK/NYC Saturday evening and checked into the Novotel with our 17 duffles of medical/surgical supplies, mostly donated from generous partners in the USA. Luckily all the baggage arrived on time with us. We were joined at 9AM (India time is 10 1/2 hours ahead
Split-Thickness Skin Graft
An adorable five-year-old boy and his lovely mother entered the clinic on the very first day of the camp. The boy had been badly burned around his neck and back after his shirt had caught on fire. He had second-degree burns on his back and third-degree burns around his neck and shoulders. It was clear
Free Surgical Camp | Full Report 2014
Surgeries, Updates, Yearly Reports
Hey Statesiders, We’re all safely back and reacclimatizing, slowly. Some more slowly than others, depending on whether you got a good case of the airplane flu or not, which, I did….big time cough, laryngitis, sore throat, phlegm, mild fever, and chills, but this too is passing. We’re all safely back and reacclimatizing, slowly. Some more
Changing Lives One Person At A Time
We have been running the Free Surgical Camp each January since 1999. The beginnings were very poorly equipped and somewhat scary, but with the help of people like Americares and other wonderful donors, we have been able to bring the supplies, equipment, and safety up considerably toward modern USA standards. Last January we did 338
Surgery Overview
The surgical team arrived at the First Transit Hotel in Hyderabad, India on January 8th with the last of us there by 3AM India time on Sunday, January 9, 2011, a long 24 hour trip from the USA. The bus was loaded, and we departed for Khammam at 10AM, arriving at 4:30PM after a 200+km