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I have posted about many of the wonderful programs that Mercy Ships offers in the countries we go to and Mercy Vision is another one of these. Each Monday morning a group of dedicated eye specialist and volunteer crew head off to screen hundreds of desperate Sierra Leones. Rain or shine they go and their tireless efforts, alongside crew ophthalmic surgeons and specialist nurses has produced much fruit in Freetown and beyond in upcountry Sierra Leone. Here are some recent statistics for the field service thus far.....
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Above are the eye screening tents on the dock next to the ship. These tents are fully transportable and are put up and packed down for each field service. |
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Patients waiting on the dock. |
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Small children brought in by their loving parents desperate for a way to restore sight to their children. |
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The admissions building under construction, also dockside. The building has been fully functional for many months now and provides welcome respite from the heat, humidity and rain. |
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Inside the admissions building patients are examined more closely. |
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Patients wait nervously in the peri-op room on board the Africa Mercy for their surgery. |
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Surgeons hard at work on the delicate surgery. |
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A closer look at cataract removal. |
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Such a small thing can prevent livelihood. |
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An eye patch is placed on each patient after surgery. |
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Eye patients leaving the ship. Every now and then the Africa Mercy hold a "Celebration of Sight" out on the dock. The patients remove their eye patches are see for the first time in so long or for some, the first time ever. Tears of joy flood their eyes and they stare at their reflection in a mirror-seeing themselves once again, maybe seeing their children for the very first time. |
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