The Associated Press
HOBART, Ind. — Nineteen northwestern Indiana medical students will travel to Haiti to provide care to victims of the devastating earthquake that hit earlier this year.
The 19 students leaving Sunday are part of a group called Medical Student Missions, which is comprised of second-year students in the Indiana University Medical School. Member Brandon Sparks of the med school's northwest campus in Gary says the project originated in a medical ethics class earlier this year.
The students will help run a maternal health clinic and assess sick children for diseases during their weeklong stay.
Sparks will be part of a second group of students that will leave Aug. 8. A third group is planned for December.
