Trip Reports

We were greeted with cold winds and low temperatures at Lopez Mateos for the January clinic.  But, fortunately, no fog on Saturday morning so we were able to get off to an early start. This was really an amazing clinic ...

Our December clinic came off without a hitch.  Or at least, we overcame the usual last minute changes and cancellations effectively. :) There is no doubt that we all are experiencing a lingering sadness due to the losses of four ...

The November Flying Samaritans clinic trip to Lopez Mateos took place on November 14.   Clear weather and cold winds greeted us upon arrival.  Larry Karpurk and crew flew the direct to Lopez plane on Friday and had the clinic ...

The Flying Samaritans October Clinic took place on Saturday, October 19 at Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos.  We were able to offer general medical, pediatric and obstetric/gynecological services along with dental hygiene and reading and prescription eyeglasses. Patients were already lined ...

Clinic Location: Lopez Clinic, Baja California, Mexico Summary: The Flying Samaritans had intended to conduct a medical mission in January 2024; however, adverse weather conditions in Phoenix led to the cancellation of the trip. Despite the setback, a small team ...

Flying Samaritans Clinic Trip Report - October 2023 Location: Lopez and LSI Clinic, Baja California, Mexico Welcome to the start of the 2023-2024 season! Although humanitarianism isn’t seasonal, hurricanes are. We did see a hurricane hit the Baja, but luckily, ...

The Flying Samaritans July clinic was cancelled due to the last minute cancellation of one of the airplanes, leaving one plane which could not accommodate all of the providers.  This has been a challenging year for having enough airplanes/pilots to ...

The Flying Samaritans June clinic took place on June 17 at Lopez Mateos.  We provided a total of 106 services and 48 prescriptions to patients which included general medical, pediatrics, dentist, dental hygienists, chiropractors and reading glasses. Providing medical services ...

The Flying Samaritans May clinic took place on May 20 at Lopez Mateos.  We provided a total of 105 services to patients, including general medical, pediatrics, audiology, reading glasses and chiropractic.  Unfortunately, we did not have any dental services to ...

The April 2023 clinic trips took place on April 14 and 15 at Laguna San Ignacio and Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos.  Our providers included a general medical doctor, a pediatrician, a dentist, a dental hygienist, chiropractor, optometrist, pharmacist, nurse, EMT ...