{"id":202,"date":"2020-03-04T23:46:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/?p=202"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:52:03","slug":"richard-heinzl-if-you-have-the-will-theres-always-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdive.tips\/index.php\/2020\/03\/04\/richard-heinzl-if-you-have-the-will-theres-always-a-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Heinzl: If You Have the Will, There\u2019s Always a Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Richard Heinzl: If You Have the Will, There\u2019s Always a Way<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the age of 22, first-year medical student, Richard\nHeinzl, was looking for an adventure while selecting his elective at McMaster\nUniversity. While hitchhiking in Uganda, a country in the throes of civil war,\na jeep pulled up in front of the canteen where he was grabbing a bite to eat.\nThe jeep had a flag emblazoned with the letters M-S-F, and out of it jumped a\nbunch of doctors, but not like any doctors Richard had ever seen before. They were\nyoung, rough-looking, wearing shorts and t-shirts. They were in Uganda on a\nmission with M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This encounter changed the course of Richard\u2019s life. He had\nfound his people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard went on to complete medical school and then he founded\nthe first chapter of MSF in North America, also known as Doctors without\nBorders, but not without tremendous push-back and challenges. The founders of\nMSF in France were protective of their organization and they were firmly not\ninterested in developing a North American presence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Heinzl persisted and ended up travelling the world with\nMSF, providing care in dangerous and seemingly hopeless situations where even\nthe Red Cross dared not go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Dr. Heinzl serves as the Global Medical Director of\nWorldCare, an organization that provides expert medical second opinions by a consortium\nof specialists. This new world of cutting-edge diagnoses may seem to be as far\nas one can get from his work with MSF, but there is more of a connection than\nyou might think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow Dr. Richard Heinzl\u2019s journey from an adventurous and\ncurious medical student to the founding of MSF Canada, to now working with the\nmost innovative and cutting-edge technologies. You will be inspired by the\ncontribution he has made to humanitarian medicine and global health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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