Location
Surgical trip to Centro de Salud Barbara in the small town of San Juan Sacatepéquez.
Goal of this Trip
Our patients are mostly Mayan and are among the poorest in Guatemala. Some of the patients will be brought to the clinic from outlying rural areas by our affiliate Partner for Surgery. These patients will have been triaged either by our own doctors on our triage trips or other western physicians also working with Partner for Surgery. Other patients will come through the Guatemala Surgeons with whom we will be working and will have been screened by Guatemalan doctors. During the week of surgery we will work in 2 ORs and perform 40 to 50 plastic surgeries (burn reconstruction, contracture releases, syndactyly, polydactyly, cleft lip/palate procedures). Approximately 70% of the cases will be pediatric. We will work in collaboration with Guatemalan medical professionals. Three surgical days will be spent assisting Guatemalan surgeons and three will be on our own.
Type of Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive
Team Composition
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2 plastic surgeons
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3 anesthesiologists
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2 OR nurses
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3 - 4 PAR/post-op ward nurses
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2 sterilizing technicians
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2 Administration
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1 Dispensing
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3 English/Spanish translators
Recruiting Status
Team Complete
Participant Cost
Participants pay for their own air fare, accommodation and meals
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Ground package $550 CAD o/$530 US. (covers accommodations for 10 nights, ground transportation and food). Not covered: food in Antigua (2 days), expenses of a personal nature, extra nights in Antigua
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Flight: $1100 (budget figure for a flight from Vancouver).
Project HANDS raises an additional $15,000 required for the trip. This helps pay for:
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medications and supplies required
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costs for local translators and gerentes (community leaders) who organize the clinics
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patient food and transportation costs, bloodwork, X-rays
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contingency for items such as patient food packages, additional medications
and unforseen expenses
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local transportation costs
Contact Person
Recruiting:
Debbie Jefkin
• email:
debbie@projecthands.org
• tel: 808-214-6053 (Hawaiian Standard Time)
Trip Coordinator:
Barbara Maryniak
• email:
barbara@projecthands.org
• tel:
604 628 4433 (Pacific Time)
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