Patients Able To Volunteer In Lieu Of Payment For Medical Treatments

Thursday, March 12 2020 by Billie Branham

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Dr. Demetrio Aguila ready for surgery
Healing Hands of Nebraska

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Some patients in Nebraska are paying it forward instead of going bankrupt over medical procedures. 

“Last year, two-thirds of all individual bankruptcies in the United States were due to medical debt."

Healing Hands M25 is a program started by Dr. Demetrio Aguila. The program allows people to volunteer for local non-profit organizations in exchange for monetary payments for surgeries.

Dr. Demetrio Aguila talking with a patient
[Photo Credit: Healing Hands of Nebraska] 

Word of the program has spread. Dr. Aguila has helped people from 19 states and four foreign countries.

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