John O'Connor Medical Mission November 5-17, 2002

Participants - 116 VOLUNTEERS

International team 116 members (Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Spain, USA)

• 37 doctors, 1 dentist, 6 pharmacists, 1 veterinarian
• 1 speech therapist, 3 physical therapists
• 1 midwife, 1 physician-assistant, 17 nurses
• 1 paramedic-firefighter, 3 medical students
• 4 engineers, 3 technicians , 4 computer specialists
• 1 school psychologist, 3 educators, 1 administrator
• 3 lawyers
• 25 administrative staff and translators 

Achievements

• 89 Surgeries (cleft lip/palate, eye)
• Disabled patients evaluated and 109 wheelchairs donated
• 3000 patients treated in 3 communes 2 schools
• Nutrition & Adolescent surveys on school children
• Projects: Hypertension, Nutrition & Women healthcare
• Training in Hanoi: Cancer, Pediatric & Women Institutes
• Training in Saigon at the University of Medicine
•   Medical Equipment and supplies donated to Hoa Binh hospital $100,000 value

TRIBUTE TO JOHN O’CONNOR
To Hoa Binh mountains, Project Vietnam came with gifts galore,
Hundred sixteen from Australia, Europe…and the Americas with John O’Connor,
Aged and young, disabled and sick, deformed and frail, we treat with care,
No rest for loving hearts and hands, lifting children from quiet despair,
Kind and joyful to all, to his last breath our friend John O’Connor served…
Sleep well John, you have walked the journey and smelled the flowers,
GIVING is life’s worth, your dying is the ultimate gift to others…