Isolated village/ snake bite/ four year old girl:

The fixings for an emergency medical evacuation flight. This young girl and her mother were picked up at Tiperu village airstrip this week which may be the toughest landing spot where RAM operates. A seventy four year old granny boasting a compound arm fracture and a lady with pregnancy complications had to be left temporarily at Karasabai due to weight considerations at Tiperu. In addition, a school teacher with an arm fracture had to be picked up at Yurong Paru for an orthopedic appointment. All together, a full load for the willing Cessna under the conditions.

Seven and Flying Solo.

This young boy, from a small village in the central Rupununi, was evacuated to Georgetown for orthopeadic surgery along with two other emergency patients last week .... with no parent or guardian available to travel with him. The relevant Ministries of Health and Amerindian Affairs have had to take up the slack and RAM hopes to fly him home tomorrow. His buddies are sure to hear some fantastic tales of adventures in the big city. There was no immediate word on why one of the parents, most likely subsistence farmers, could not make the trip.

Outreach Month in Pictures

 Dr Kanhai, Ryan, Richard and CHW Aloycius look on as the winning ticket is drawn in Yurong Paru for HIV testing promotion.






 Clients at the Sawariwau health post gather for services from the airborne outreach team with the MoH.

 
Behi Barzegar interviews post-
flood clients for the Latrine replacement project supported by CIDA.





Dr Irv Chan speaks on teenage pregnacy and reproductive health to the upper grades of Sawariwau Primary.

Dentex Judith LaRose working on another extraction while Ryan works the HF radio.





 
 Dr Mohamed Ally interviews a disabled client in Kraudanawa.

 The winning client shown with members of the outreach team after the VCT grand drawing.






A full load for the six seat Cessna 206 "Super Skywagon".

Students at Kraudarnawa get 'warmed up' for an interactive session on reproductive health.

Dentex Edgar Simon is the regional supervisor and one of the longest serving dental technicians in the Rupununi.

Richard shows his versatility at the controls at three thousand feet over the South Savannas.











Airborne outreach team speaks to the community members present at Sawariwau clinic.




This young disabled girl is not able to attend school in her village on account of her condition.  The SPAN program works with teachers and families to provide opportunities.