SF Fire personnel take part in mercy mission to El Salvador for week of free medical care

by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News February 23, 2023February 21, 2023

Patients receive health services from visiting medical care providers during a 2020 Medical Mission to El Salvador. Seven members of the San Francisco Fire Department are taking part in this year's mission as part of The Castañeda Kids Foundation. (Courtesy Castañeda Kids Foundation)

A seven-person San Francisco Fire Department medical team is taking part in a week-long mission to provide free health care for thousands of people living in El Salvador.

Alongside 70 volunteers and leaders of the Castañeda Kids Foundation, San Francisco Emergency Medical technician Carlos Martinez is leading a group of local medical professionals to offer assistance to the Central American nation’s neediest residents.

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