Hundreds of people in Linden and the wider Region Ten are expected to benefit from free medical attention between July 29 and August 3 from a visiting team of USA-based medical professionals.
Known as the Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT), the group is led by Dr Stephen Carryl, who was born and bred in Linden and is currently Chairman of Surgery at the Wyckoff Heights Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, and President of OMAT.
According to Linda Felix-Johnson, Secretary of the New York Chapter of the Linden Fund USA (LFU), the mission is a continuation of an annual exercise. She said this year the mission is a