Chalkboard in theater where upcoming minor procedures are listed

Patients wait in the hallway outside the theater for minor procedures to be done

Dr. Earl Hewitt does an ultrasound in one of the minor procedure rooms

Ultrasound machine donated by Phillips Medical Systems

Dr. George Faile does an esophago gastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in one of the minor procedure rooms

Lidocaine, a local anesthetic, used in minor procedures at BMC

Dr. Earl Hewitt works with medical assistant Sando Bariche to remove calcium growths from an elderly woman’s hip

Ketamine, an anesthetic, used in minor procedures

Surgical assistant Herbert gives the patient ketamine

Dr. George Faile runs skin through the mesher while performing a skin graft

A surgical assistant washes instruments in the theater

Dr. George Faile writes up a report on a patient after surgery in the theater office/library

Dr. David Fort and Dr. Heidi Haun scrub in for surgery

Dr. Heidi Haun anesthetizes a man with a spinal before a hernia operation

Justice Otto prepares an IV in the OR while Dr. George Faile prepares for surgery

Justice Otto keeps the anaesthetic record on a patient while Dr. George Faile performs a hernia operation

Volunteer medical student Heidi Haun assists Dr. George Faile perform a c-section. Nurse Comfort Tumasi (left) and surgical assistant Manasser (right) assist.

The anesthics monitoring machine in the OR

A baby girl is delivered during a c-section and hernia repair in a rare case of an umbilical hernia with a pregnancy inside it. Dr. George Faile performs the operation with volunteer medical student Heidi Haun and surgical assistant Manasser assisting

A newborn delivered via c-section in the OR at BMC