Laparoscopic Surgical Campaign, Cajabamba 2018

Finally after a year of very hard work, in we arived in Cajabamba with the Laparoscopic equipments generously borrowed from Dr. Gustavo Salinas from Clinica Avendaño in Lima. The medical team was composed by two brilliant doctors: the north american doctor Carl Sunby and the peruvian doctor Eric Pisculish. also the north american anethesiologist Dan Piorier and the peruvian nurses from Clinica Avendaño: Obdulia and Jessica. Susy and Percy as coordinators of the team

It has been an incredible week. The most incredible thing, has been how such an heterogenus group has matched together so well and so efficiently. They were really happy to serve the most needed

Building up the laparoscopic equipments
One of the sucsesful surgeries
Our team in the final dinner

We were able to make 25 surgeries, mostly hernias and gall blader, with total success and no complications. Patients were so happy, and the team was very motivated for a new mission in 2019.

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