Volunteer Site Location: Clinica Misional “Nuestra Sra de Guada;" Ecuador
Medical Volunteer Opening: Medical Doctor (General Medicine)
Length of Commitment: One Year (Minimum)
Description: Clinica Misional works to provide quality sustainable health and dental care to those people who live in the “Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe” in Zamora-Chinchipe Province and the other underserved citizens of southern Ecuador. It will be in need of a Medical Doctor starting June/Fall 2011. It has Dentistry, Dental-Hygienist, Dental Lab, Nurses, Medical Brigades inside and outside the Clinic. Its international team of volunteers came from 14 countries providing clinical services on General Medicine, Odontology, Ophthalmology, ENT, General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Dematology and Plastic Surgery. Fr. Jorge Nigsch directs the staff of 3 doctors, Nurses, Pharmacist, Accountant, Dental Assistant, Optician/s, and other volunteers. For more information about the Mission Clinic, please visit its website at http://www.guadalupe-ec.org/2_Klinik/0_clinicframe_en.htm; and/or email Fr. Jorge at padre.jorge.nigsch@guadalupe-ec.org.
Volunteer Site Location: Kabupaten, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Medical Volunteer Opening: Medical Doctor
Length of Commitment: One Year (Renewable)
Description: The FCJM Sisters Clinic of Onanrunggu Parish is located in Kabupaten, Samorsir Island, North Sumatra. The clinic mainly provides healthcare to the surrounding rural poor population. It has 6-bed capacity and an average of 60 outpatients per day. Common illnesses among patients include ulcers, hepatitis and tuberculosis. The region suffers from high rates of infant mortality and childhood morbidity. It is currently staffed by one nurse-Sister from Monday to Saturday who is on-call 24/7.
Medical Volunteer Opening: General Practice Doctor and Registered Nurse; and Short-/Long-term Anesthesiologist
Length of Commitment: 6-month to 1-Year (Long-term); or 6-week to 2-month (Short-term)
Description: The Mother of Mercy Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Gidel, Sudan located in the remote Nuba Mountains, a wilderness reachable by UN planes 20 km (1-hr) away from Kauda Airport. It is the only surgical hospital in central Sudan serving a population battered by 50 years of civil war. It has 170-bed facility (90% bed occupancy), an Out-Patient Department (OPD) averaging 175 patients per day, 40 (20 major & 20 minor) operations per week, and 3 birth deliveries per week staffed by a doctor, 4 nurses, 3 paramedicals and a midwife. It has an operating room, obstetrical delivery room, autoclave post-operative recovery room, ultrasound, pharmacy, maternity ward, and a dental department. It has an operating room, obstetrical delivery room, autoclave post-operative recovery room, ultrasound, pharmacy, maternity ward, and a dental department. Its OPD operates Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4:30 pm. To learn more about the people you will serve and the conditions in which your expertise is needed, visit Dr. Thomas "Tom" Catena, a CMMB volunteer serving as its hospital director, about his work in "Always on Call" at: http://www.hilltopchurch.net/admin/uploads/files/Always%20on%20Call.pdf
Medical Volunteer Opening: One Medical Doctor, One Registered Nurse, Two Physical Therapists and One Pharmacist/Pharmacy Assistant
Length of Commitment: Six month minimum (with possible extension to one year); limited short-term placements of less than 6 months may also be available (i.e. 3 to 4 weeks for Pharmacist/Pharmacy Assistant)
Description: The Missionaries of the Poor in Cap-Haitien, Haiti has a 3-acre monastery where 16 Brothers with the support of volunteers provide free service to the poor. There are about 200 homeless residents, a majority of whom are elderly with various heart conditions. In addition, there are about 60 orphaned/abandoned children, many of whom are physically disabled. The Mission has a dispensary serving several patients from the neighborhood and across the city. They are planning to conduct outreach medical assistance to the slum neighborhood. The Mission also hopes to begin offering its services to the growing population of HIV/AIDS patients. This site is in need of 5 volunteers (Medical Doctor, Registered Nurse, 2 Physical Therapists, and Pharmacist/Pharmacy Assistant) committed to a placement of at least 6 months, with the possibility of extending to 1 year. Limited short-term placements of less than 6 months may also be available. For more information about the Missionaries of the Poor, please visit their website.
Medical Volunteer Opening: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer
Length of Commitment: 1-year minimum
Description: As part of a project team based in Yambio County of South Sudan, the M&E Volunteer will work closely with the Program Director, and the M&E Director at CMMB-HQ, to monitor the pace of implementation and to evaluate project progress of a five-year CDC-funded program managed by Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB). The program aims to reduce HIV transmission and provide care and support services to People Living with HIV and AIDS.
Volunteer Site Location: Kilembe Mines Hospital - Uganda Medical Volunteer Openings: Primary Care Doctor, General Surgeon, OB/GYN Length of Commitment: 1-year
Description: Kilembe Mines Hospital is a located in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda and provides care to rural, poor populations. It is a 180-bed facility with a staff comprised of 2 doctors and 80 nurses. To learn more about the people you will serve and the conditions in which your medical expertise is needed, visit Dr. Joseph Ayers, a CMMB alumni volunteer, as he blogs about his work as a general surgeon at Kilembe Mines Hospital:http://jdayers.wordpress.com/.
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