Floating Doctors - bringing relief to the developing world

9:34 PM Sun 26 Jun 2011 GMT

'Floating Doctors - medicos who go sailing to relieve suffering in the developing world' .

Floating Doctors is an all-volunteer, non-profit medical relief team dedicated to reducing the present and future burden of disease in the developing world. They go sailing to effect their mission. It all started in Tanzania, 2005 with an empty backpack once filled with medical supplies. An aspiring American medical student was burdened with a sense unfulfillment when his supplies ran dry and scores of sick and injured villagers were left untreated. Dr. Benjamin La Brot, from Topanga in California, remembers treating those with wounds, infections, and other ailments at the Masai Village. But what he remembers most about his trip ...

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by Sail-World Cruising