Today was the last of the Coca patients ending with a total of 101! This is a record for Hands Across The World and this is also the first mission ever to come to Coca. We interviewed just about everyone but the two resident doctors Andres and Carlos who never seemed to leave the operating […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today was a very interesting day and the beginning of a new story . . . The team is 24 in Coca and it’s a good thing because we lost our Scottish nurse Lesley today. She went down – but by evening, had recovered to her beautiful self. That seems to be how it goes […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today’s most interesting cases were Matilda and the boy with the snake bite. The morning started with doctors’ rounds and the cleft palate babies are doing fine. Victor, the man with the amputated finger, went home. Apparently, he opted to let his finger rot off as it was when he came in. I guess it’s […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Just where do I start? It’s unbelievable how much of what the surgeons/doctors do/perform is at a state of being nearly, if not, too late! Today, we filmed cleft palate, lip, and ear reconstructive surgeries – procedures these doctors consider “standard.” Just when we started getting into a rhythm, a pregnant woman rushed in ready […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Hard to believe that we started our day 18 hours ago! So much has happened! The morning started with a press conference followed by a police escort to the military plane who safely transported us to Coca! We were greeted by hundreds of cheering social workers and patients, many of whom have traveled 10 hours. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →After 2 days of travel we met up with half the group. Customs went smoothly, all the bags arrived and no flight delays. Now the exciting part of the trip starts! 32 of us are jumping on an Ecuadorian Military Plane and the film crew gets to bring the equipment and the doctors will transport […]
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