Trip to Peru - January 2017
Last month Dr. Tom and I spent a week in Pisac, Peru, providing dental care for the local townspeople of this small town high in the Andes Mountains.
We were part of a team of twenty four dentists, dental students, interpreters, and auxiliaries sent out by Dental Community Fellowship of South Carolina.
We worked four days in a clinic set up in a large room at a retreat center on the edge of town. The local people were notified of the free clinic by radio and leaflet, and over the course of the week over 800 dental and optical services were rendered, including cleanings, fillings, extractions, fitting for reading glasses, and even a few root canals. What a delight it was to meet the native Quechuan people, live in their town, and help them in a practical way.
At the end of the week we had the thrill of seeing Machu Picchu. You can bet Dr. Tom was snapping photos like crazy!
Here is a photo account of the week:
