2015-16 School Year Mobile Clinic Recap
MEDLIFE finished the last of the 2015-2016 school year with the last summer clinics this August! It was an amazing year, and with the help of our chapters we were…
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Meet the Year-long Interns 2016-2017 I
Name: Allie Krugman Hometown: Newport Beach, CA School: Claremont McKenna College Major: International Relations with Human Rights Sequence How I got involved with MEDLIFE: I first…
Taking Action Against Gender Violence in Peru
“The day I remember most clearly was the day he caused this infection†Catalina Bailon explained in an interview about her experience with gender violence. She is referring to the…
An interview with MEDLIFE nurse Mercedes Olave
This week we interviewed Mercedes Olave, who has been working with MEDLIFE since May 2016 as a MEDLIFE nurse in Cusco, Peru. Why did you choose to work…
Child Malnutrition in Ecuador
Doris Guacho Jaya, 24, with her three daughters. The twins were diagnosed with chronic malnutrition at their 9 month checkup. When Doris Guacho Haya brought her twin daughters into…
High School Students Bring Healthcare to Lima’s Slums!
A massive thank you to Foothill High School, California for sending a group of 18 students from their MEDLIFE chapter to our mobile clinic in Lima last week. We would…
Volunteer Brings Optometry Station to Mobile Clinic
In 2002, optometrist Dr. Sammy Rose and engineer Holland Kendall designed and created an optical set-up which could analyse a person’s vision. The machine works with a computer programme to…
MEDLIFE Project Donation: A Ramp for Jorge!
Jorge’s ramp is complete! The MEDLIFE Summer Intern 2016 project was inaugurated yesterday, and Jorge used his ramp for the first time. After fundraising over $700 in 7 hours, the…
High School Students Bring Healthcare to the Ecuadorian Andes!
In July of 2016 MEDLIFE held two trips in collaboration with Broadreach for high school students in Ecuador, where we delivered the same immersive hands-on experience that we do for…
Meet the Patient: Ãngel Zarate
A few months ago, a young mother arrived at a MEDLIFE mobile clinic with her 2 month old son. He had a cleft lip which he had been struggling with…
A Food Cart for Camila’s Mum
Camila is 4 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy which she contracted aged 1 year and 2 months as a result of an intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Her illness means that…
Ecuador Earthquake Relief Fund
Two weeks ago, MEDLIFE doctors, nurses and clinic leaders made the 3 hour journey from the city of Esmeraldas to the small, isolated community of Canalon in the province of…