The Medical Mission to Juanjui, Peru, continued in June 2015 with our visit to the San Martin Region of Peru. We had an excellent Cardiologist, Dr Anita Arnold, with us as well as a Family Practitioner, Dr Pamela Ogor. RN Mary Graham-Louise, Maria Tacunan and Eliana Morla completed the small team which completed an amazing amount of work in Juanjui in a short period of time, holding clinics in several of the villages along the Huayabamba and Hullaga Rivers.
We will continue our assessments of school children in November, but will also add family care clinics again as well as attending our new children's clinic in Lima.
If you are interested in traveling with us, please contact us. All specialties are needed. Please see contact information at the end of the following announcement regarding our November 2015 mission.
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NEXT MISSION
NOVEMBER 1 through NOVEMBER 20, 2015
(Consider joining us for one, two, or all three weeks)
November mission will concentrate on our continuing Cardiac Project to study Congenital Heart Defects(CHD). (See preceding posts, Stethoscopes for Peru & November 2014 Mission.
Week #1 - Nov 1 thru Nov 7
Continuation of Stethoscope and Pulse Oximeter testing of school children in the area of Juanjui and San Martin.
Week #2 - Nov 8 thru Nov 14
- Children exhibiting positive results for CHD, from week #1 testing, are scheduled for followup diagnostics with Pediatric Cardiologist and Pediatric ECHO Technician and referral to Lima Children's Hospital.
- Field Clinics in river villages with Family Care Physician and Nurses; Education Program with EMT's & Paramedics for CPR & First Aid, Poison Control & Treatment, Animal bites.
Open to volunteers wishing to spend time working with the children at Hogar San Francisco de Asis, in Chaclacayo, Peru. The Hogar is a home for sick and destitute children.(Babies to Teens) Duties will involve assisting the children from the time they awake in the morning to when they sleep at night. Dressing, feeding, playing, assisting with transporting them to clinic appointments in Lima.
The home is run by Dr Tony Lazarra, a Pediatrician. Information regarding the work can be found online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoEoXpLb_QA
Call or write us for further information.
To Be Determined
Diagnostics, Treatments, at The Luz Fund/Armonizar Sonrisas Children's Clinic, Lima.
If you are a Medical Doctor, Dentist, or Nurse Practitioner with Plastics, Orthopaedics or other specialties and are interested in helping in Juanjui or at The Luz Fund Children's Clinic in Lima, Please contact us for more information. Please call or email at the contacts below for information regarding costs and travel specifics.
If interested, please forward:
- a copy of your recent CV.
- a copy of the first page of your passport(photo page).
- a copy of your medical licensure.
Positions needed include:
Pediatric Cardiologist
ECHO Tech; (Pediatric)
Family Care NP;
Cardiology NP; (Pediatric)
RN's; (preceding specialties)
Paramedics
EMT's
Email: TheLuzFund@verizon.net
Tel: 813-689-3289
Cel: 813-215-0071
Fax: 813-904-6914
