The scene: a crowded hospital ward in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The problem: hundreds of dying patients awaiting medical attention.

The heroes: physicians like Dr. Don Chaffer of Temple.

Chaffer is serving as a volunteer with Project HOPE, Health Opportunities for People Everywhere, on a mission to provide health care to the impoverished around the world.

Chaffer and 17 other medical professionals from the United States will serve on the second rotation of Project HOPE