Exciting Week At AMMCHC!

This past week was an exciting week for AMMCHC in Sierra Leone. The health center has been in operation for 11 weeks now. Here are some of the highlights:

- There were 364 outpatients registered in 5 and a half days.

- There are 2,200 total people registered in the database.

- There were two deliveries by the Maternity Team and three elective circumcisions by the CHO's.

- The hernia repair project has restarted with it's first patients: 3 adults and 1 child.

- Our neighbors at the blind school enjoyed some rice donated from the SLA Food Program.

- Christopher was hired to help with administrative duties.

Blind School Children

Karlin, RN with the new administrative assistant, Christopher

Hernia Repair Program Restarted

Hernia's are a common occurrence among men, women, and children in the Kono district of Sierra Leone. They often cause people to miss work and school. Before Ebola, we were able to assist with over 100 hernia repairs offering assistance in transportation, medication, hospital fees, and recovery. We had to put this program on hold for the past year as Ebola spread throughout Sierra Leone. Now that the Ebola crisis is coming to an end and there have been 0 Ebola cases in our district for over 70 days, we've decided to restart our hernia repair program.

Our medical outreach to the 5 villages surrounding our medical clinic is where we are primarily targeting this program. The need is great due to the mining and farming that is done in Kono. Here are some pictures of our most recent hernia patients awaiting their surgeries in our inpatient wing of the Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center. Just $75 can assist in one hernia repair. Click here to give.