LIG Medical Mission, Vikarabad, India
In November 2014, I joined an amazing group of doctors and nurses that helps educate and train medical staff around the world, mostly in areas with few resources. They all volunteer under the non-for-profit "LIG Global Foundation" and share their experience from their home hospitals in the USA, The Philippines and India. I will be following them around the globe in the next year in order to share the amazing work that they do. My first assignment took me to India, to a small village called Vikarabad, west of Hyderabad. I closely observed uterus removals, various laparoscopic gynecological surgeries and a Cesarean Section. I watched doctors give checkups and ECG for Rheumatic Heart Disease to over 1000 kids in a village boarding school for impoverished families. I've seen first-hand how important it is for nurses to have a routine for every surgery. And I've also seen how little is needed to put a big smile on kids' faces when we replaced their everyday meals with some simple but new dishes.
