THE YEAR 2012
The Third Social &Medical Mission,24th Sept.18 Oct
Location 1, Port Harcourt, Owerri & Aba.
The team flew directly to Port Harcourt and drove to Owerri by road for water projects and inspected a few, made an assessment of water needs in four communities sunk one new borehole for portable clean drinking water in village near Orlu town, next destination was Abia State where the team monitor several water projects funded by our partners under the leadership of Dr. Sunny Okorie a Nigerian based in the United States. Clinically, at Dr Odoyin Clinic in Owerri about 35 people received free surgical operations were over 100 were seen clinically by the time we left that part of Nigeria.
Location 2, Lagos.
The train moved to Lagos, saw few patients and made evaluation for surgical cases ,searching for a conductive hospital to be used was not easy, we saw a few but they were not fit for our type of surgeries we inspected a facility for proposed PROFOH Hospital in Sagamu ,near Lagos hoping that our dream to own one in the interest of our patients will be realized before the end of the year ,We miss it this year but also took it philosophically with high definition of grace that let the will of God prevails
Location 3, Poukasse- Accra, Ghana
The team even saw two patients at the Lagos International airport before flying to Accra, the venue was St Moses Clinic along the Accra Kumasi Highway. It was way expected, lots of people were waiting for us, and our old friend Rev. Musah Lanngbong Chairman of the Hospital put the operating room in shape just few hours before the team arrival, more than 200 persons were seen and treated and 30 surgeries performed at St, Moses Hospital Accra a PROFOH partner Hospital in Ghana before we proceeded to Ho, Volta Region in Ghana on the invitation of the Major of the city. The team conducted needs assessment and saw some clinical patients as the operating room was not equipped enough to handle surgical cases. The remarkable thing about the Accra mission is that we did not have to worry about electricity inside the operating room. Dr Quartemont flew from Accra to London for a Conference at the end of the mission while Kama flew back to Lagos..
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