Los Medicos Voladores The Flying Doctors
Mission:
Building and Strengthening Underserved Communities through Healthcare, Education and Volunteerism.
Los Médicos Voladores (LMV), Spanish for “The Flying Doctors”, is a volunteer-based, non-religious, non-profit organization that aims to improve the health and well-being of geographically diverse peoples through education and the provision of no-cost, high-quality medical, dental, and optometry clinics. LMV serves Mexico, Central and South America, under-served populations in California and internationally. Since 1975 LMV has offered more than 500 short-term medical, dental, optometry, and other healthcare clinics, treating over 7,000 patients per year.
Programs
Program Type: Delivery of Care
Program Name: None
Countries/Regions Served: United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean
Duration: US - Weekends, Mexico 3-7 days, Guatemala 7 days, Haiti 1-2 weeks
Recruited Personnel:
Students, Dentists, Oral Surgeons, Hygienists
Language Requirements: None, translation provided
Accommodations:
Materials Needed: paper goods & consumables: gloves, gowns masks, bibs; needles, anesthetics, composite material, burs, delivery units, repair parts, instruments, hand pieces, x-ray sensors, Kodak software for digital x-ray, curing lights.
Dates and Locations:
![Dentist Smiling Holding tray of tools](/-/media/volunteersearch/losmedicos5.jpg?rev=161c712f224943a095ac346a6aabdaf0&hash=974129865E4C0130D480D0A5E050A633)
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![Dental Clinic Set up In Gymnasium](/-/media/volunteersearch/losmedicos3.jpg?rev=da4aae50599942d08652dd1ff5013628&hash=74F062E4DEE37CB8817159F72571DB46)
![Dentists treating patient](/-/media/volunteersearch/losmedicos4.jpg?rev=f0860375f67940fe977b61895bd25cec&hash=B14F5927063489FA719A9A63AC2D4FF6)
![Patient being treated at outdoor clinic](/-/media/volunteersearch/losmedicos6.jpg?rev=c50acb9a82164ab6a531a792efed4532&hash=1370FD511CC68570EC4687AF4F8E1AA4)