Vancouver Island surgical team making a difference in Guatemala

On a medical-assistance trip to rural Guatemala seven years ago, Victoria anesthesiologist Dr. Brent Caton and his daughter Natasha watched a plastic surgeon operate on Mayan children who had been severely burned falling into their family cooking fires.
On this reconstructive plastic surgery mission, Caton learned that Dr. Lourdes Santizo is one of only a few plastic surgeons in the small Central American country who offers care to some of the country’s main burn victims. The Catons saw fi