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Global Health Club brings medical
care to underserved in Nicaragua
S GHC volunteers said they were humbled by the
Student volunteers from Western University of
unforgettable life-changing experience of tending
Health Sciences’ Global Health Club (GHC)
to many medical needs and learning to use hands-
provided medical care to more than 860
impoverished people in two Nicaraguan
much technology.
communities during their summer 2014
expedition. on skills they were taught at WesternU without
“When we get sick in America, we go to the doctor
Nearly 40 students from the colleges of osteopathic right away, and what we don’t realize is that in
medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine, podiatric some other countries, some are walking six hours to
medicine and biomedical sciences participated in come see us,” College of Dental Medicine second-
the interprofessional mission. Leading the way year student Noor Sharrak said. “For them to go
were 31 students from the College of Osteopathic through that, it makes what we do for them so
Medicine of the Pacific (COMP). special. Even though we gave them such simple
procedures, they were so appreciative of it.”
COMP alumnus Brett T. Mumford, DO ’00, who
practices family medicine in Emmett, Idaho, was COMP second-year student Millie Arora said the
the medical mission preceptor. He brought his United States’ health care resources often are taken
daughter, Lucy, who also volunteered. for granted.
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care to underserved in Nicaragua
S GHC volunteers said they were humbled by the
Student volunteers from Western University of
unforgettable life-changing experience of tending
Health Sciences’ Global Health Club (GHC)
to many medical needs and learning to use hands-
provided medical care to more than 860
impoverished people in two Nicaraguan
much technology.
communities during their summer 2014
expedition. on skills they were taught at WesternU without
“When we get sick in America, we go to the doctor
Nearly 40 students from the colleges of osteopathic right away, and what we don’t realize is that in
medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine, podiatric some other countries, some are walking six hours to
medicine and biomedical sciences participated in come see us,” College of Dental Medicine second-
the interprofessional mission. Leading the way year student Noor Sharrak said. “For them to go
were 31 students from the College of Osteopathic through that, it makes what we do for them so
Medicine of the Pacific (COMP). special. Even though we gave them such simple
procedures, they were so appreciative of it.”
COMP alumnus Brett T. Mumford, DO ’00, who
practices family medicine in Emmett, Idaho, was COMP second-year student Millie Arora said the
the medical mission preceptor. He brought his United States’ health care resources often are taken
daughter, Lucy, who also volunteered. for granted.
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