Passing It On~

Sunday, February 15, 2009 – First day of surgery. This was a very busy day, as most first days tend to be, with new surroundings and new team members getting accustomed to a new setting. One of the very special moments occurred when we were able to have our lead surgeon Dr. John Canady achieve a very important goal of Iowa MOST. That is to educate others. So… today 20 month old Angel Francisco came to us with a wide left cleft lip in need of repair, and was the lucky recipient of the surgical skills of Dr. Canady (in John Deere cap) teaching Rotarian Doctor Amilcar Estuardo Pinetta the intricacies of the surgical procedure. Sterilizing Technician Ruben Zuniga (in USA cap) translates Dr. Canady’s training from English). Canadian plastic surgeon and MOST volunteer Dr. Murad Husein also helped in the operation. This training will be of great benefit to Dr Pinetta in his role of general surgeon here in Huehuetenango.

Submitted by Gary Pacha.