2017 Agra, India
Days One & Two – SFO to Agra
Agra, India
Paul Kupras (quartermaster), Neal Fleming (lead anesthesiologist) and Michael Yim (anesthesiologist) unload boxes of medical supplies for our mission to Agra, India. Seventeen medical and non-medical vol... Read More »
Day Three — Opening Day Clinic
Agra, India
Team Agra 2017: Bottom row: Pam Dundas (Head Nurse), Dennis Dundas (Medical Director), Brian Walker (Mission Director), Chelsea Green (Recreation Therapist), Sophie Saucedo (Patient Transporter). Mid... Read More »
Day Four — This is Why We Have Come
Agra, India
Today, we performed our first surgeries. Shahid had a simple cleft lip, repaired by a short surgery of about 30 minutes that is life changing. People with cleft lips sometimes lead very sheltered lives... Read More »
Day Five — The Smallest Thing
Agra, India
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Read More »
Day Six — Our Third OR Day
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Pankuri (left) and Daksh (right) with their mom. These siblings were born with extra fingers and toes, which were surgically removed. Daksh’s hands before surgery. Tanuja before surgery with the be... Read More »
Day Seven — The Next Generation
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Sophie Saucedo (Patient Transporter) and Chelsa Green (Recreation Therapist) have teamed up to cover a third position of Ward Coordinator, keeping track of our patients in the hospital from check-in throug... Read More »
Day Eight — Team Work
Agra, India
Daksh’s initial cleft lip repair needed improvement. He is hanging out in the PACU before surgery with some new friends: Michael Lim (Anesthesiologist), Jeannie Petro (PACU Nurse), Lianna Hooper ... Read More »
Day Nine — More Surgeries
Agra, India
Shaurya after a revision of his cleft lip repair, releasing scar tissue to allow for proper lip function and a better smile. Khushi and her mom are in the PACU before her surgery to release facial burn sca... Read More »
Day Ten — Leela
Agra, India
Leela has been on more Rotaplast missions than some of our volunteers, only she has been our patient, twice in Faridabad in 2015 and 2016, and this year in Agra. The above photo was taken last week. Thes... Read More »
Day Eleven — Namaste
Agra, India
Namaste — A Sanskrit greeting used everyday in India, an ancient Hindustani word open to interpretation One such meaning is: I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells, I honor th... Read More »
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