Dr. Schantz with a young patient at Hospital Tay Ninh

Roswell Kiwanian James Schantz, D. C., was part of Flying Doctors medical mission to Vietnam November 1 through November 8.  Dr. Schantz reported on his trip to Historic Roswell Kiwanis on January 8, 2009. A Doctor of Chiropractic, he was supported in part by the Kiwanis Club of Historic Roswell.

This is Flying Doctors first medical mission to Vietnam. The group worked with Vietnamese doctors to bring medical/dental care the small city of Tay Ninh, near Bien Hoa in the Southern Highlands of Vietnam. They had an orthopedic surgical team as well as providing medical and dental care.

Roswell Kiwanian Reports to Historic Roswell Kiwanis on medical mission to Vietnam

would  never receive   professional   medical care. The  group  operates  under  the “Mother  Teresa  Principle,”   focusing on the poorest of the poor who live in conditions that are difficult for most Americans to imagine. Knowing that someone cares renews hope for these people who live in an otherwise hopeless situation.

Dr. Schantz with a 94-year-old patient

For more than 17 years, Flying Doctors of America has  been bringing together physicians, dentists,  nurses, chiropractors,other  health  professionals and non- medical support volunteers to care for people who otherwise

Flying Doctors Traveling Party

Dr. Shantz reports to Historic Roswell Kiwanis