After returning from a life-changing  volunteer mission in Port-au-Prince during the aftermath of an earthquake, orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Furey founded Team Broken Earth--an expert, unbureaucratic, fleet-footed volunteer task force of physicians, nurses and physiotherapists committed to providing aid in Haiti. The organization has continued to grow, recruiting volunteers from all over Canada. It has carried out many more missions to Port-au-Prince and has expanded its operations to other countries like Bangladesh, Guatemala, Ethiopia and Nicaragua. And its mission has expanded in other ways, with education and training for local medical professionals now at the heart of its endeavour.

Dr. Andrew Furey tells the story of Team Broken Earth's founding and remarkable work with vivid immediacy and raw honesty in his new book, Hope in the Balance.

Dr. Furey appears in conversation bestselling author and physician Dr. James Maskalyk.

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Andrew Furey: Hope in the Balance