LA Medical Mission

We are a team of volunteers who travel to Guatemala annually and provide free medical care to the citizens. Half of our volunteers are medical professionals, including general practitioners, surgeons, dentists, and nurses. The other half, “Helpers,” serve as translators and assist the medical professionals.

For one week a year, we take over a school or military base that we turn into a temporary hospital, as we go more remotely into areas where there are no hospitals. While there, we will see about 1,000 patients in the clinic for wellness checkups, general ailments, and dental issues. On average, our surgical staff will perform 135 surgeries, such as gallbladder removals, tubal ligations, and hernias. When the size of our team allows, we also send an outreach team into a local village so people who don’t have access to transportation can see a clinic doctor or a dentist.

In 2024, we did 138 life changing surgeries in 4 1/2 days! We did more gynecological surgeries than any other year and there were quite a few cleft lip/palates and large neck masses.