le deuxième mois.
What happened on the Africa Mercy during the month of December??
And off-ships...
50 palliative care visits
55 participants in the SAFE Obstetric Anesthesia course Dec 16-18 in the capital Antananarivo
54 participants in the WHO Safe Surgical Checklist course
among many other things, including the opening of the HOPE (Hospital Out-Patients Extension) Center here in Tamatave, patient screening in Antananarivo, and nutritional agriculture training through the Food for Life program.
Here is a video explaining a little bit more about the ward I work on aboard the ship and the patients I help care for. In 2013 in the Congo, I had the privilege of getting to know many of the patients shown in this video, and Dr. Gary (volunteering on the ship for over 25 years!) remains a daily inspiration to me.
And HERE is a link to a story on one of our first patients, Jocelin, on the Maxillofacial ward (D Ward) in Madagascar! I can distinctly remember watching Jocelin walk into the ward, sunglasses on, obviously to hide what was beneath and not the block out the sun... there aren't even windows on Deck 3. The surgeons weren't sure if they could preserve his vision and eye movement prior to his surgery, and I went to bed the night before his operation pleading with God that his eye function could be saved. The following day I passed one of the visiting Max-Fax surgeons from the UK in the dining room. While making tea (not sweet tea mind you, but hot tea... a taste I've acquired since being on the ship with all these Brits & South Africans!), he shared how successful Jocelin's surgery was... and the best news of all-- his optic and oculomotor nerves were preserved! That's one reason why I love this place. Where else can you get such great news over a cup of tea?
42 X-rays
21 CT scans
123 OR visits
1833 dental procedures
263 eye patient encounters
144 treatments by the rehab team
123 patients cared for on the wards
123 patients counseled by hospital chaplaincy
And off-ships...
50 palliative care visits
55 participants in the SAFE Obstetric Anesthesia course Dec 16-18 in the capital Antananarivo
54 participants in the WHO Safe Surgical Checklist course
among many other things, including the opening of the HOPE (Hospital Out-Patients Extension) Center here in Tamatave, patient screening in Antananarivo, and nutritional agriculture training through the Food for Life program.
Here is a video explaining a little bit more about the ward I work on aboard the ship and the patients I help care for. In 2013 in the Congo, I had the privilege of getting to know many of the patients shown in this video, and Dr. Gary (volunteering on the ship for over 25 years!) remains a daily inspiration to me.
And HERE is a link to a story on one of our first patients, Jocelin, on the Maxillofacial ward (D Ward) in Madagascar! I can distinctly remember watching Jocelin walk into the ward, sunglasses on, obviously to hide what was beneath and not the block out the sun... there aren't even windows on Deck 3. The surgeons weren't sure if they could preserve his vision and eye movement prior to his surgery, and I went to bed the night before his operation pleading with God that his eye function could be saved. The following day I passed one of the visiting Max-Fax surgeons from the UK in the dining room. While making tea (not sweet tea mind you, but hot tea... a taste I've acquired since being on the ship with all these Brits & South Africans!), he shared how successful Jocelin's surgery was... and the best news of all-- his optic and oculomotor nerves were preserved! That's one reason why I love this place. Where else can you get such great news over a cup of tea?
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