Our Mission

We are dedicated to providing free medical care to the poor, to performing surgeries following the Canadian Standards of Professional Care, and to sharing our expertise with our medical counterparts in the countries we visit. We will educate the patients and their families to empower them to lead healthier lifestyles. We are a group of passionate, enthusiastic people committed to creating better health for all humanity in a positive, supportive environment.

About GREATER OUTREACH MEDICAL/EDUCATIONAL DESTINATIONS

GO-MED was started informally during the latter half of 2009 by several nurses, surgeons, and anesthetists who have been on previous overseas medical missions with other excellent organizations, such as Operation Rainbow and Health for Humanity. They were joined by several non-medical people and they decided that they wanted to expand the range of services provided in several ways. They wanted to:

1. include a variety of surgeries according to the expertise of the surgeons who volunteer for a given mission;

2. include, as patients, adults as well as children;

3. include health education focused on the prevention of illness;

4. include a variety of global destinations, with perceived need being one of the critical criteria for selection.