Bartica Surgery Team Meets Trauma and Triumph

Gunshot wounds and overtime surgery.  While working at the interior gold mining town of Bartica, RAM volunteer doctors and team members encountered the rough side of mining life.  Pictured here is a bullet lodged in a patients leg at the Bartica hospital just milimeters from the femoral veign - he was lucky to survive. 

A group of bandits had attacked and robbed a series of mining camps up-river from the town, took hostages, capsized a boat, and escaped into the jungle.  The police acted swiftly and have cornered or captured a number of suspects.  Most of the surgeries being performed by the volunteer team however are elective general cases for debilitating or disfiguring conditions including hernias, hydroceles and gall stones. 

The town itself has been secure and quiet with residents including Regional Chairman Knight and Regional Executive Officer Ramotar expressing their willingness to partner on future RAM expeditions to the region.