Since IMAHelps was established in 2000, the group has organized 12 medical humanitarian missions to some of the most impoverished areas of Latin America and Asia.
People travel by foot, by bus and on the backs of pickups and flatbed trucks to see our volunteers for a chance to receive medical care they could never afford.
While the specific makeup of each medical mission varies, our teams typically include pharmacists, pediatricians, general internal medicine doctors, OBGYNs, dentists, eye doctors, prosthetists, neurologists, urologists, general surgeons, cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons, plastic and maxillofacial surgeons, anesthesiologists, scrub techs, nurses and translators.
During our weeklong mission in Esteli, Nicaragua in August 2011, IMAHelps volunteers provided care to 12,277 patients, including:
Meanwhile, IMA’s pharmacy team processed 6,190 prescriptions, complete with instructions in Spanish.
Our volunteers work side-by-side with local doctors and nurses diagnosing and treating patients with medical conditions seldom seen in the U.S.
Our volunteers share the latest Western medical knowledge involving everything from sanitation and hygiene to surgical techniques and the management of ICUs and recovery rooms.
In some instances, IMA volunteers have taught local doctors and technicians how to use modern medical equipment that has been donated to them by other organizations that they do not know how to use.
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