Here is the final count for July-August Surgical Missions: 625 surgeries on 579 patients.
Updates from the field- Our surgical team carried out 2 additional missions to conclude this round of Rotational Surgical Outreach. On August 15th @ Osun State Hospital, Ede – 74 surgeries on 65 patients and on August 22nd @ Osun State Specialist Hospital, Osogbo -128 surgeries on 115 patients. We are immensely proud of what they have accomplished!
Hello everyone, It’s been 8 years since we built a floating clinic in the coastal township of Makoko and carried out our first mobile surgery mission. Although we have not been posting regular updates, for which we deeply apologize, the work carried on by our incredible team of medical professionals, who still call themselves by our original name – Hope Floaters.
We are incredibly proud of what they’ve accomplished over the years; to date, they have carried out 2000+ free surgeries in 15+ towns and villages (some of the most difficult locations and conditions) with minimal financial and logistics support.
Between July 5th -August 8th; 7 cities,7 missions,423 surgeries on 399 patients. Impact!
Every year since 2010, the Hope Floats team carries out surgical missions in memory of their dear mentor and friend Professor Olabisi Odejide.
At the inaugural mission in 2010, the team carried out over 200 surgeries. A link to one of the media posts acknowledging the work http://allafrica.com/stories/201011100441.html
This year another 50 surgeries were done at the annual surgical mission outreach.
Our Surgical Missions team completed 886 surgeries (exact number) in the past 5 months!
We delivered surgical services in Osun State: Iwo – May 30th, Osogbo- June 13th, Ilesa – June 27th, Ikirun- July 11th, Ikire- July 26th, Iresi- August 17th, Osogbo- August 22nd, Ile-Ife- September 5th, Ila- September 19th, 2013.
Our target for the year was 500 surgeries, we exceeded is by 386 surgeries.
Hope Builds / HFI Truck is now helping our surgical team deliver services in remote areas.
The truck was acquired trough a personal donation by Dr. Simeon Afolayan the head of Surgical Missions for Hope Builds.
Our partners at Medshare International shipped the 4th container of medical supplies to support our mobile surgical missions.
We are honored to be the first recipients of a joint shipment of medical supplies by Medshare International and MAP International. Thank you!
Our surgical team in Osun State, Nigeria carried out a mobile surgical mission, completing 200 surgeries in one day! The July 17, 2012 mission was done in partnership with Nigerian Medical Association and the state’s Ministry of Health.
We lost our floating clinic due to ongoing demolition in Makoko settlement. On the bright side the doctors have transferred their efforts to in-country missions targeting remote communities lacking medical services.
Here is link to an article describing the plight of people living in Makoko
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/27/nigerias-floating-slum-targeted_n_1709481.html
