Saturday, March 9, 2013

Mercy Trips Uganda Mission: "February 6 — Trip Summary and Parting Comments"

EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to an error on my end of the process, these reports are running one month after they were originally posted to Mercy Trips' weblog.


Partnering with local healthcare workers and churches in medically underserved countries, Odessa, Texas-based Mercy Trips Healthcare Outreach provides free medical clinics and surgical care as an outreach of Christian love for our fellow man.

February 6 — Trip Summary and Parting Comments

This has been a great group of people to work with, if you could not tell from the posts. We accomplished a great deal, and enjoyed each other immensely during the process.

The Surgical team set a new record with 42 surgeries done in the OR along with multiple IUD insertions and other minor procedures totaling around 15. We ran three operating rooms on three separate days for the first time since the new wing was added.

The Village team was also a great group of hard workers, they held five clinics and dedicated one well. The totals for the five clinics were:

2330 patients seen by the providers
2711 children treated for de-worming
Immunizations - 761 women (tetanus), 67 children (most children immunized for school)
Children given vitamin A -1321

Total all treatments - 7190

We had a interesting safari at the game preserve in the Karamoja district, not a lot of animals seen and they were very skittish. The park is only two years old and the game is o the rebound from poaching etc., but the surroundings were magnificent.

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