title: Marshall Brown, MD. Bringing care to Guatemala.
abstract: Medical equipment that is obsolete to a physician in the United States may be considered "a thing of beauty" to a counterpart in a Third World country. So declares Marshall Brown, MD, and otolaryngologist from Saginaw. Retired--in theory--since 1994, he has devoted much of his time to gathering donations of unused and outdated medical equipment for a hospital near Guatemala City, Guatemala. In addition, he has seen that the donated supplies are refurbished and get to where they're needed--sometimes flying the supplies there himself.
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authors.lastname: Kondek
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006166:Guatemala; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers / Q000266:history