GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Instead of checking on their patients in Michigan, five healthcare workers were on a six-hour flight from Grand Rapids to Guatemala City in the early hours of a chilly October morning.
The trip, from Oct. 10-19, 2025, was planned to build prosthetic limbs for people in underserved communities.
Pioneered by Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, the program involves staff working alongside the Range of Motion Project (ROMP), a nonprofit aimed at improving mobility and independence for people around the world…