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 Christina Williams as a nurse saw the medical needs while on an
evangelistic mission in the Olmekenyu area. She has since gone back
to school and is completing her residency in family practice as a
physician. |
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Many other doctors and nurses have been going with us to do short term
missions where hundreds of patients are seen and many lives changed, saved
and blessed, both physically and spiritually. |
We have two incredible nurses working full time in Olmekenyu. Also
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lab tech's and nurses assistants and others who keep the ministry going
strong when our groups are not there. To the right far
side is our first nurse Alice who held on with us from the start for
almost two years with a near volunteer salary. In the middle is
Lillian whom we have found to be one of the most enterprising forward
thinking health care workers we have ever served with.  |
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Christina reports that Lillian one of the nurses delivers more babies
there in Olmekenyu a month than she did while on OB-Gyn service at Navy
Hospital Pensacola. |
| This hospital/clinic is the only medical care for thousands
of people in that area of Kenya. We are continuing to grow and
develop the facility there as well as the personnel working to bring a
healing touch to the ill and injured of the community. |
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With dozens of people and hours of waiting to see the
doctor, nurse or dentist it makes us a little more patient ourselves when
we must wait a few minutes on things... |
| The Pharmacy is fully stocked when we arrive having brought
or purchased a few thousands of dollars of medicines. We try to get
enough money from patients to restock the meds used as we go but it is not
always possible. So every few trip and at times in-between we do
"a major drug buy" from a Kenyan Pharmacy. |
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Dr. John and Nurse Lilly standing on the right with our
interpreter and friend Peter helping with translation. It takes team
work! |
| Nurse Lisa Bird with Husband Jon
attending to the newborn... |
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Who would have thought you could have so much fun serving glasses? |
| Billy Rogers, Margo and Hayden |
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Luke Ellington a jack of all trades serves where needed. This day
at the registration table sorting out medical and dental patients. |
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| These are the inpatient beds. We are happy to not have them filled
at this time. Hopefully today it is not just so the place can be
cleaned. Just like any hospital there are times when the house is
full and other times the count is low. Before this facility and
these nurses were there the local folks could do nothing but suffer at
home, even when just a small amount of antibiotic or other medication
would do.
The journey was not realistically possible on foot and their was but
one vehicle in the area which was privately owned and it took about six
hours to make it to the nearest hospital. |
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| Today the journey is only two hours due to the improved roads and there
is a small truck that goes each way daily as well as various supply trucks
and private vehicles. The area is growing steadily and so is the
need for more advanced care. |
While on mission there we have had tragic cases show up from the area
were we couldn't fully treat them yet but they also couldn't even make the
two hour rough road journey. Death still happens on the road to the
larger hospitals trying to get folks there. Some day we hope to
develop enough to have facility and staff to take care of most emergencies
at least enough to stabilize them until it is not an emergency transport
situation. |
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Open wide so I can see those tonsils,
(or maybe Christina is about to take a bit out of this little guy?) |
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