by Brenda van Straten | May 2, 2022 | Patient Stories
Assiatou’s Mercy Ships physical therapist remembers the moment she knew the 18-year-old was serious about her recovery. “She had her hair all done and was wearing a beautiful dress — and tennis shoes,” said volunteer Timica. Assiatou walked with a...
by Brenda van Straten | Apr 7, 2022 | News
For a child in a low-income country, an unmet medical need creates a ripple effect. Often, it means that child is unable to go to school. Without an education, the trajectory of their whole life will change. That child might have amazing potential,” said Dr. Miriam...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
Dr. Aloïse Sagna has decades of experience as a surgeon. Still, he always wants to learn something new. “I could spend all day trying to do better for the patients,” he said. That’s why in 2019, when he had an opportunity to visit Montreal Children’s Hospital in...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
Eric Diatta’s phone never stops ringing. On the other end of the line, it could be any one of the hundreds of Mercy Ships patients who have come to rely on him. Eric is from the southern part of Senegal and speaks five languages. In 2019, he met Mercy Ships Hospital...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
“Every once in a while, my grandpa – a schoolteacher – would get a pliers and yank out someone’s aching tooth,” says Dr. David Ugai, recounting his grandparents’ experience as missionaries in present day Zimbabwe. “The funny thing is, my grandma never got gifts for...
