Posts from 2024
Team Member Highlight – Mr. Sterilizer – Kevin Shultz
Faridabad, India
Kevin Shultz is from the Portsmouth Rotary Club and this is his second Rotaplast Mission. During the pre-clinic phase of the Misson, Kevin was assigned to help with the photos. Each patient was assigned a ... Read More »
First Day of Clinic
Faridabad, India
I noticed this young woman and her baby early in the day on the first day of clinic. Here she is getting through the registration process where they mark the patient to prevent confusion. The next step in ... Read More »
Arriving at the Hospital
Faridabad, India
The bus ride from the airport to the hospital was about an hour. Team members had a chance to chat with one another as we made our way along. Having personally never visiting India, the one thing I noticed... Read More »
Bringing It All Together – Including A Missing Box!
Faridabad, India
As posted earlier the boxes were all packed in San Francisco and taken to the airport. Emerites ships the boxes to India. Each team member is allowed 2 checked bags; however, they only check one personal p... Read More »
Bringing All The Pieces Together!
Faridabad, India
To have a successful mission all the pieces must come together at the right place and same time. One essential element is the material items (stuff) that is packed into boxes and shipped to the location. I... Read More »
Latest From Around The World
The Essential Elements of...
Luxor, Egypt
This mission to Luxor involved a team of 22 people from the US, 3 surgeons from Egypt, local Rotarian hosts, many local volunteers and translators plus local hospital staff. While some team members had bee... Read More »
Global Scholars
Luxor, Egypt
As part of the new Education Committee approved by the Rotaplast Board, we piloted the Rotaplast Global Scholars Program on five recent missions over the past year. This initiative provided clinical experi... Read More »