JIM DURKIN: Minnesota To The Philippines — Surgeons Use MASH Experience To Complete 55 Major Surgeries In Two Days
As surgeons sliced a volleyball-sized tumor from the tummy of one anesthetized woman, another team of doctors about 10 feet across the room tied the tubes of another. In the room next door, teams fixed cleft palates on a pair of youngsters. Privacy, smivacy. Patients who have come to get help from the American doctors with the Philippine Minnesotan Medical Association are …