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  • On a Mission

    On January 14, AST sent a team to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to help support Healing the Children's ophthalmology mission trip. During this week-long mission, the team of surgical techs, nurses and doctors will provide surgery at the Hospital Leon Becerra, where they will be running three operating rooms as well as an eye clinic. AST's president Roy Zacharias, CST, FAST, takes us along on this worthy cause as he documents the care that is provided and the lives of children and families that are changed forever. 

  • Our Time in Ecuador

    You may ask where is Guayaquil, Ecuador? The best answer is to drive south about 152 miles south of the equator and you will be there. AST is here to set the foundation for future sponsored surgical missions with Hospital Leon Becerra De Guayaquil being the start of it all. I will say that after our first day of seeing patients and surgery, I thought I was going to be tired. I wasn’t. The excitement of changing the lives of children most assuredly overcame any thoughts of being tired. Read More..