2009: Two Teams, One Mission

2009 Mission is leading by Thuy Tien Truong. With the mission of bringing home much needed medical cares to the poor, Tien has been working tirelessly for a year to coordinated and will bring two separated teams to Viet Nam for four weeks. On October 16 the Cancer Team including: Dr. Frederick Nemer, Patricia Schlagel, Tim Werner and Tien will be leaving to Saigon. They will be spending their time from October 19 to 21 at Saigon Cancer Center teaching and performing colon rectal cancer surgeries, teaching peripherally inserted central catheter, and infection control to the center surgeons and staff. Then they will be spending another day on October 22 at a nearby Cho Ray hospital doing the same thing. A little break and a short flight will bring them to Hanoi Cancer Center where they will spent the following week providing the same services and that will conclude their mission on October 31.
On November 1, the Cadiostart Team of 30 members will meet up with Tien in Hanoi. They will be performing heart surgeries to pediatric patients in the two weeks from November 1 to 13 at Viet Duc hospital. The team then will depart and come back home on November 14.
With the outbreaks of H1N1 flu all over the globe, especially in Asian countries, we hope that all will be well. We wish them successful missions, good health and happy spirit.