The TRIMEDX Foundation celebrated our 20th anniversary by soaring the skies and completing five short-term medical mission trips since the beginning of the year. 12 volunteers completed 5 international trips between January and March 2024. 

CURE Malawi

The TRIMEDX Foundation started the year at Beit-CURE Children's Hospital of Malawi. Foundation BMET Specialist Kevin Collazo led volunteers Rohn Barthelmy and Amanda Armstrong (pictured in her grey TRIMEDX Foundation polo with staff from Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi) on the first short-term medical mission trip of the year. The volunteer team provided technical support repairing medical equipment, including X-RAY and anesthesia machines, developed an online organizational system to digitize the hospital’s analog medical records, and provided biomed trainings for hospital staff. Read about Amanda's experience on her second international volunteer trip here on our blog.

CURE Zambia

TRIMEDX Associates Keith Baird and Josetta Caudill joined the TRIMEDX Foundation's Chairman Tim McGeath (pictured at the top playing LEGOS with a young patient) at Beit-CURE Children's Hospital of Zambia on short-term medical mission trip in February. The team supported the arrival of a shipping container full of medical supplies and equipment and spread joy to the young patients. Read about Josetta's journey from knitting toys at home with the Craft it Forward group to embarking on her first international mission trip on our blog. 

Healey International Relief Foundation Sierra Leone

TRIMEDX Foundation volunteer veterans David Wallace and Michael O'Brien (both pictured below in their TRIMEDX Foundation shirts with hospital staff from Mercy UMC Hospital) returned to Sierra Leone with Healey IRF. The duo supported a tour of hospitals throughout the country, providing essential repairs and training including work on ultrasound machines, ECG machines, defibrillators, ventilators, surgical lasers, and various laboratory equipment. 

CURE Uganda

Kevin Collazo took to the skies for his second medical mission trip of 2024, this time supporting Vitali Pylypchuk at CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda. CURE Uganda is one of the leading pediatric hospitals for brain surgery and neurological conditions treatment on the African continent, providing more than 1,900 neurosurgeries a year. Our volunteers provided technical support in the intensive care unit including critical ventilators and anesthesia machines. 

DeVos Medical Center Liberia

Medxcel Associate Michael Newton joined TRIMEDX Associate Jimmie Norman capped off Q1 with a mission trip to DeVos Medical Center in Bo Waterside, Liberia. Our volunteers supported a major shipment of medical equipment and supplies and provided critical facilities management support. 

If you are interested in working with TRIMEDX Foundation to serve hospitals, clinics, and patients around the world to further the vision of raising the standard of healthcare, contact TRIMEDX Foundation at 317-275-1558 or by email here. 

Thanks to the generosity of so many, the TRIMEDX Foundation continues to make a global impact by raising the standard of healthcare for communities in need. The TRIMEDX Foundation is a ministry committed to sharing knowledge, inspiring independence, and improving healthcare by meeting the unique needs of the communities we serve. For more information on volunteer opportunities, please visit our website, www.trimedxfoundation.org.