Doctors To Join in Medical Mission to Haiti
Two physicians who practice at Community Hospital in Grand Junction expect to join in a medical mission to Haiti.
Drs. Adam Baker and Katie McKee-Cole plan to travel to Haiti April 28 to May 5 to join a team from Thomas Jefferson University in performing free surgeries. The program is sponsored and coordinated by Chance, a not-for-profit organization that works to improve lives.
“We are incredibly honored to participate in this important mission trip to Haiti,” Baker said. “My first mission to Haiti was at St. Luc hospital in Port Au Prince in 2015. We traveled to Haiti as part of a pilot mission, and the Chance program has been very busy since then. I am very much looking forward to returning to help those in need.”
Drs. Baker and McKee-Cole both provide ears, nose and throat services. Baker specializes in facial plastic surgery and reconstruction, while McKee-Cole specializes in pediatric otolaryngology. For more information, call 644-3800 or log on to www.yourcommunityhospital.com/ENT.
By: TheBusinessTimes.com | April 24, 2018Video and image courtesy of KJCT8.com
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