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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…