From January 19th to 25th, 2019 during a surgical camp at Kasturba Hospital in Valsad and Operation Medical performed 253 free surgeries and 87 dental procedures changing the lives of not only the patients served. This Entire Camp became possible due to the immense support of BAYER VAPI LTD. who entirely sponsored the camp second consecutive year 2017 & 2019 with a donation of Rs.30 lakhs given by them to Kasturba Hospital to perform this entire activity.
Type of Surgeries Performed
- Ano-rec
- Burn Scar Revision
- Cholecystectomy
- Cleft Lip Repair
- D&C
- Hernia repair
- Hydrocele excision
- Hysterctomy
- Hysteroscopy
- Gastrointestinal
- Thyroidecttomy
- Tumor Excision
The 35 Volunteers from Operation included 14 surgeons/physicians, 6 anesthesia providers, 8 nurses and 7 ancillary staff. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the team, who with their personal finances and time away from work, home and family gave back to others.
- Adnan Alseidi, MD Seattle, WA
- Kenneth Arthur, MD Lancaster, PA
- Anuj Parikh, Gen/Colorectal.Pittsburg, PA
- DineshKumar Bhavsar, BDS Canton, MI
- Parul Krishnamurthy, MD Enola, PA
- Justin Rosenberger, Gen Sur Harrisburg, PA
- Jeffrey Segil, MD Dover, NH
- Bipinchandra Patel, MD Vestal, NY
- Kaushal Patel, Camp Hill, PA
- Matthew Kalliath, PGY 4, Harrisburg, PA
- Naomi Wiens, PGY 4, Harrisburg, PA
- Katherine Jackson, PGY 3/4, Rochester, NY
- Stephen Kaplan, PGY 5 Seattle, WA
Anesthesia:
- Shefali Shah, York, PA
- Mukul Parikh, Harrisburg, PA
- Neeliam Parikh, Harrisburg, PA
- Philip Eck, New York, NY
- Ben Segil,PGY 2 CRNA, Harrisburg, PA
- Scott Slocum,CRNA,Carlisle,PA
- Uma Parekh, MD Hummelstown, PA
Nurses:
- Karmae Amsbaugh, Camp Hill, PA
- Hayley Mitechell, Seattle, WA
- Bonnie Peffer, Harrisburg, PA(PACU)
- Bhakti Pillai,India
- Kim Snyder, Carlisle, PA
- Crystal Newcomer, Harrisburg,PA
- Bhavna Tailor, India
- Ashley Shuey, PA student, Lancaster,PA
Ancillary:
-Blogs/FB/Trip Reports.
-Store room/Patient Data.
-Store Room/Translation.
-Photographer.
-Store Room/Logidtics/Translation.
