A team 50 people, including U.S. volunteers and Salvadorans, visited five villages in five days in late January and early February, treating 1,124 patients during the Diocese of Central New York’s most recent Mission of Miracles. Photo/Jim O’Neill

The latest Mission of Miracles, or Medical Mission, to El Salvador by members of the Diocese of Central New York marked 10 years of service to Salvadorans in need of medical, dental, vision and mental health services in rural El Salvador.

A team 50 people, including U.S. volunteers and Salvadorans, visited five villages in five days in late January and early February, treating 1,124 patients. And for the first time, the medical team was able to perform electrocardiograms, or EKGs, on 70 patients. Bonnie Adams, a registered nurse with a master’s in public health, and the wife of Bishop Skip Adams, is the medical mission’s coordinator.

The Diocese of Central New York has been in companionship with the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador for some 20 years, establishing hundreds, if not thousands, of connections between Americans and Salvadorans, said Chuck Stewart, chair of the companion diocese committee, from Central New York.

And, in addition to dental, vision, mental health, and medical care, the team provides opportunities for health promotion and education, and helps support the ongoing medical mission of the church in El Salvador, Stewart said.

Episcopal Relief & Development is also active in supporting the church’s ongoing medical mission in El Salvador, supporting the work of Dr. Daniella Flamenco who visits the villages and other regions on a bi-weekly basis providing services and patient follow ups.