This March, Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia joined forces with Hands of Hope Foundation from Illinois (http://www.hohfoundation.org/) and Pro Health International from Nigeria (https://www.facebook.com/prohealthinternational/) to conduct a one-week medical-surgical outreach that served over 600 people from the Kakata and Weala areas.
The team of 33 volunteers included doctors, surgeons, nurses, physician’s assistants, physical therapists, lab technicians and more. With their immense help and resources, we were able to provide free treatment, lab work and drugs to nearly 500 patients; perform over 60 general surgeries for hernias, hydroceles, and address other issues, and perform over 80 eye surgeries, including cataract removal.
Dr. Hena and her staff are so thankful for passionate and hard-working partners like Hands of Hope and Pro Health International! The outreach was a wonderful opportunity not only for the patients, but also for our Waterfield staff to work alongside and learn from talented medical professionals.
From all of us at HWHL and Waterfield Primary Healthcare Center, thank you to both teams for spending your time and resources to help us serve the people of Liberia in new ways.
Dr. Chris Hena, Medical Director, WPHCC
