Packing Day

Saturday is packing day, and, that means all hands on deck! Including...

...OR Nurses Donna Brown...

...and Karen Aguana...

...along with OR Nurse Dorothy Sy and Layperson Brent Dysart. They all pack bags in one corner of our common room.

Surgeons Lance Bredo and Paul Moreau...


OR Nurses Shannon Begg (l), Cori Kalven (r), and Eileen Guilfoyle (below) count supplies.

Meanwhile, translator Maddy MacKechnie helps out by entering patient information into the CAMTA database.

Dan Ducholke looks over inventory lists with Recovery Room nurses Pauline Worsfold and Bev Runka...

...and then he checks all the boxes and bags and makes sure they are properly labeled and sealed.

In fact, the packing begins as early as Thursday afternoon. By Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, approximately 50 hockey bags filled with materials and supplies that will be making their way back to Edmonton are ready to go. Thirty-seven bags and crates are left behind and stored at the hospital for next year’s mission.

With everyting packed and ready to go, Sunday is a free day for the team before a long travel day on Monday. Another very successful mission to Quito has ended!

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