INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ALLIANCE ASSEMBLES TEAM FOR SUMMER MEDICAL MISSION TO NICARAGUA
The California-based group is still seeking doctors, nurses, surgical techs and a pharmacist for its July 28th to August 8th mission
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., April 13, 2010 – A Southern California non-profit group is seeking several doctors, nurses and other support personnel for its upcoming medical mission to Nicaragua.
Rancho Mirage-based International Medical Alliance (IMA) has assembled a team of more than 50 doctors, nurses, dentists and support personnel who have agreed to volunteer their time and talents on a 10-day medical mission to Somoto, Nicaragua, from July 28th to August 8th.
“We have a very diverse group of volunteers joining us for our medical mission, including general, plastic and maxillofacial surgeons,” said Ines Allen, IMA’s founder and president.
However, the group is still seeking a few more volunteers, including one maxillofacial surgeon, one anesthesiologist, one surgical tech and two recovery nurses as well as one gynecologist, one pediatrician and one pharmacist, Allen said.
“If we can recruit a few more volunteers, we can perform more life-changing surgeries and medical examinations,” Allen said.
IMA’s volunteer surgeons typically perform surgeries to remedy cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. IMA’s summer’s mission to Nicaragua will also include an orthopedic surgeon, several dentists, and a prosthetist.
In addition to volunteering their time and talents, the volunteers in IMA’s Nicaragua will be expected to pay for their own airfare. Their room and board, however, will be provided by the Nicaraguan government.
Based in Rancho Mirage, International Medical Alliance is a non-profit organization that recruits doctors from every medical discipline to volunteer their time and talents to make a positive difference in the lives of children and adults with limited economic means, both in the U.S. and overseas.
If you would like to volunteer on an upcoming IMA mission or to learn more about IMA’s efforts in the U.S. and overseas, please contact Ines Allen at (760) 485-8963 or visit www.internationalmedicalalliance.org.