Dokters team uit Sâo paulo zet tenten op om Indiaanse bevoking te helpen in hun dorp
Aldeia São Pedro, na Terra Indígena Parabubure, Mato Grosso
Volunteers of São Paulo leave comfort clinics to cure people of the forest, with many 'white illnesses'
The Xavante expedition, carried out in August last year, was the 29th group which had seven ophthalmologists, two clinical, two pediatricians, four surgeons, four anesthesiologists, three gynecologists , seven nurses, four dentists ten logistics employees and 15 volunteers. The ten days they were among the Xavante it was possible to held 223 general and ophthalmic surgeries, 1,504 medical and dental visits and 3,400 tests and procedures.
In tents pitched in the Brazilian forests they already attend more than 28 thousand people, with 4,800 surgeries. Yanomami, Kayapo and other ethnic groups of the Xingu and Amazon have received service of the expedition. "With a history of having been in many projects, I can say that this is a difficult scenario. The Xavante have many diseases of the white man, like DIABETES and hypertension, "said the expedition's coordinator, Ricardo Affonso Ferreira.
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for the first time a Indian woman hears the heart of her baby
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In the ten days of the expedition here were carried out 223 general surgery and ophthalmology
fantastic work, complimyments, storyteller Wayn
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