Overseas Medical Assistance Team
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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OVERSEAS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM (OMAT)

SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR MISSION TO GUYANA

 

20th Anniversary Trip to Guyana

 

September 2010 -- The Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT) is currently seeking volunteers to join its 2011 humanitarian mission to Guyana, South America. The trip is tentatively set for July 10 - 15.   Obstetrician/Gynecologists, Family Practitioners, Cytologists, and Nurse Practitioners and Surgeons are invited to apply. The mission will be led by Stephen S. Carryl, MD, OMAT's President & Founder. 

 

OMAT made its first humanitarian mission to Guyana in 1991.  "In keeping with our ongoing 20th Anniversary Celebrations, we are looking forward to continuing our work in Guyana.  This mission trip is being planned with the same dedication and enthusiasm that was the hallmark of our first trip," Dr. Carryl said.

 

OMAT's recent trips to Guyana have been to the Linden Hospital Complex,the site of the first OMAT mission and in Dr. Carryl's hometown.  Most recently OMAT's mission focused on Women's Health and was in partnership with the Linden Fund.

 

Founded in 1991, the Overseas Medical Assistance Team is a nonprofit, 501 (c) (3).  Its mission is to provide medical assistance to vulnerable and at-risk populations in developing countries and the United States of America through dedicated volunteers.

 

Missionary-minded volunteers are interested in this mission are asked to email: 

 OMATmission1@verizon.net.

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