Noemi being attended to by a doctor at MEDLIFE’s office in Riobamba, Ecuador.   A MEDLIFE mobile clinic is much more than merely a temporary medical station. In every station,…

  We met 52-year old Julio Pineda during a mobile clinic in March 2013 when Julio did not have anyone to turn to.   Julio lived in Comas, one of the…

Marco and his parents Maria and Jose Maria after his knee surgery. (Photo by Martha Chicaiza)   “How old are you?” I ask Marco, who looks at me with a…

We encountered 5-year old Jimena Sarango in the hills of Laderas Nueva Esperanza one afternoon playing hopscotch she had scratched into the dirt. Her father Reynaldo hacked away at…

On the third day of clinic in Tena, Ecuador, an older woman walked in to the doctors’ station with a crying child. The little girl’s name is Daniela Belen…

A few months ago, MEDLIFE intern Nandini Razdan wrote here about her experience visiting a follow-up patient in Villa El Salvador named Eduardo Espinoza. Due to brain damage caused…

Dr. Angie Vidal (left) and Yovana Taipe When we first met Yovana Taipe at a Mobile Clinic in Villa El Salvador, she seemed shy and serious, reluctant to smile.…

At a recent Mobile Clinic in the steep hills of Nueva Esperanza, Renelmo Chavez arrived early in the morning and was first in line with his son, Dixon, riding…

Milagros Ponte, known to her parents as “Milly,” kicks up clouds of dust as she runs up the rocky hill ahead. “Minnie!” she suddenly shouts, and scoops up a…

Ariana and mom Nelly at home in Oasis of Villa El Salvador Ariana Muñoz has already seen more than her share of excitement in her 18 months of life,…

Carmen Solano died of a heart attack last week at the age of 42 after a two-year battle with cancer. She is survived by her two daughters, ages 13 and…

Luis Angel Tuso is an eleven-year old who enjoys art class and dreams of becoming a police officer when he grows up. When he began complaining last year of intense…