Medical Campaign by People from USA

February 23-27, 2009 I have seen many American people gathered in a Medical Center called "Santa Ana" and a parish (of the same name) next to it, which are located in "Fraternidad" neighborhood, 5 minutes away from downtown.

So I went there to find out what was going on. Well, I discovered that a team, made up of 47 people (gynecologists, pediatricians, dentists, nurses, among others) came to Chimbote city to perform a Medical Campaign for free headed to the poorest of this neighborhood and others. (to read more... go below video)

Team members are from Minnesota in USA and were using this slogan: "Los Amigos Medical Aid" (LAMA) The leaders of this team (benefactors) are Mr Tony Brama and his wife Mrs Dorothy Brama. This is not their first time doing this social work here in Chimbote and are planing to do it once more. They all are very happy to be able to contribute to get better the health of residents, specially of those who has no access to health services.

They were offering the following specialties: Medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, dentistry, rheumatology, pharmacy, ultrasound. They attended 550 patients per day on average. There were 17 patients scheduled for operation. Neighbors are very thankful and want them to keep doing this all the time because a lot of people are sick and don't go to the hospital because don't have money.