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The M25 Program

Dr. Aguila and the team at Healing Hands of Nebraska make patient’s dreams come true with surgical procedures paid by their own community service.

Below are common questions, and answers, from our patients who we’ve helped on these journeys to full health.

M25 in the news

The revolutionary new program, created by Dr. Aguila, has been of great interest to the news media. See some of the stories featuring M25 below.


CNN’s Champions for Change
Dr. Aguila and the team at Healing Hands of Nebraska are featured on CNN’s Champions for Change program. See the story

News Channel Nebraska
Norfolk Doctor Receiving National Attention For Volunteer Program. See the story

Points of Light
Dr. Aguila and Healing Hands of Nebraska’s M25 Program were honored with a Point of Light Award. See the story

NBC Nightly News
As Americans struggle with medical bills, doctor lets patients pay by volunteering. See the story

CBS News This Morning
Nebraska doctor lets patients pay for surgery by volunteering: “We want to be able to offer hope” See the story

People Magazine
Nebraska Doctor Allows Patients to Pay for Their Surgeries with Volunteer Work: ‘It’s Fair’ See the story

CBS News Omaha
Nebraska Doctor Allows Patients to Pay for Their Surgeries with Volunteer Work: ‘It’s Fair’ See the story

CNN

CNN spent two days with Dr. Aguila in Nebraska for a piece that will air in May. Dr. Aguila describes his See the story

Massachusetts Medical Society
Publishers of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine covered the M25 story on their Facebook page See the story

Lincoln Journal Star

Norfolk doctor lets patients pay for care with volunteer work. See the story

Filipino News Site
Surgeon allows struggling patients to pay through volunteer work instead of money. See the story

WTKR TV
No money, no problem: Doctor offers alternative way to pay for surgery — through volunteering. See the story

Becker’s Hospital Review
Nebraska surgeon lets patients pay by volunteering. See the story

 
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