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…
Service Learning Trips
Patient Stories from a day in a Riobamba Mobile Clinic
You never know what you are going to find when you roll up to a new community with a bus full of medical supplies for a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic. This…
A Child’s Perspective on Mobile Clinic
One day, when MEDLIFE photographer Edward Doherty was shooting photos at a Mobile Clinic, the two girls, Fernanda (six years old) and Adriana (four years old) on the left…
MEDLIFE Year in Review
2015 was a great year for MEDLIFE, take a look at some of the many great things we were able to accomplish together this year! A huge…
Preventative health education has been the focus for July
MEDLIFE has a very rounded vision of development- we recognise one cannot simply eradicate poverty through one avenue alone, offering solely medical treatment for example. Our mission is focused…
Discussing Public Health with the Former Prime Minister of Peru
Last week, our student volunteers in Lima had the opportunity to hear about issues such as poverty and public health in Peru through the eyes of a promient public figure.…
MEDLIFE joins the fight against tuberculosis in Ecuador
Rosendo, Segundo, Gladys and Maria make up the group of patients who we met at Mobile Clinics in the community of La Merced del Canton Alausi in the Chimborazo province.…
Mobile Clinic Update: On the Ground and On the Job
Written by student volunteers from this week’s clinic in Lima, Peru, and reposted from the MEDLIFE McGill blog. Today was our first day of clinic. After a quick breakfast…
Summer Mobile Clinics Are Here!
The summer Mobile Clinic trip season is officially underway, with simultaneous clinics and development projects happening this week in Lima, Peru and Tena, Ecuador. Check out some photo highlights from…
A Day at a Mobile Clinic: A Patient’s Perspective
Photos and interviews by Rachel Hoffman First, Silvia checks in with a nurse, who writes down her basic information and creates her patient history.Mobile Clinic volunteers, with the supervision…
Photo Update: Mobile Clinic in Tena, Ecuador
Last week, students from universities all over the United States traveled to Tena, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, to participate in a Mobile Clinic! Check out some photo highlights below: …
Updates From Ecuador: March 2013 Clinics
In Ecuador, MEDLIFE is wrapping up its second Mobile Clinic of the spring break season. This week we’re working in communities outside of Riobamba: Last week, MEDLIFE also…