Patient Update: Jose Francisco Receives Second Surgery
In November of 2012, we wrote an in-depth profile on one of our patients in Ecuador, Jose Francisco, who has been living with a condition called cryptorchidism (undescended testicles). Without…
Patient Stories
Patient Update: Eloy Britto
Today we have some good news to share from Lima: after finally getting heart surgery on December 14th, Eloy Britto is back home with his family and on track to…
Patient Update: Esther Veronica Continues to Battle with Childhood Leukemia
The Baca Ortiz Pediatric Hospital in Quito is a sprawling red and white rectangular complex. Fittingly for a children’s hospital, it looks like a life-sized Lego construction. Outside, street vendors…
Patient Update: Meeting Alex Javier Chafla
On a visit to a small school compound in Valle Alto, a poor rural community in the humid hills of Cumandá, Ecuador, Maria, PJ, and I met with a new…
From MEDLIFE patient to volunteer
Remember the story of Gisela Neyra, the young woman from Pamplona who came to us for help with her hearing loss? MEDLIFE helped Gisela with various tests and doctors’ appointments,…
Passing Time: A Pre-Op Profile of Jose Francisco
Rachel Hoffman is a year-round media intern based in Riobamba, Ecudaor. Read her first piece on a special patient, Jose Gaucho, below: The entrance of Hospital Provincial General Docente…
MEDLIFE Goes Above and Beyond for a Breast Cancer Patient
Written by Multimedia Producer Rosali Vela and translated by Rachel Goldberg and Lindsay Bigda: Patient follow-up is more than treating the illness itself; it’s getting to know our patients…
Young Girl in Riobamba Receives Chemotherapy Thanks to MEDLIFE
Written by MEDLIFE Ecuador Director Martha Chicaiza and translated by Brenda Bravo and Rachel Goldberg: Last week at the MEDLIFE office in Riobamba, Director of MEDLIFE Ecuador Martha Chicaiza…
Mobile Clinic Patient Update: Riobamba, Ecuador – August 2012
Part of our mission to bring our Mobile Clinics directly to the poor is our goal to seek out those most in need of medical attention, as well as…
Cervical Cancer Patient Update: Teresa Quispe Mallqui
In January of 2012, Teresa Quispe Mallqui approached a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic in her community of Defensores de la Familia after hearing about the importance of getting a routine Pap…
An Unexpected Gift From France Gives One Patient New Hope
We first met Gisela Neyra several months ago in her community of Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in Pamplona. She had found out about MEDLIFE when she met our Director of…
Mobile Clinic Patient Update: Tena, Ecuador – July 2012
We first met our patient Lesly on Monday, July 9th, during the first day of a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic in Ecuador. Accompanied only by her older…