Kenya 2011 Surgical Photos

 

We are grateful to Delta Air Lines and its staff for all the help they rendered us. Delta Air Lines allowed ISMS equipment and luggage to be carried aboard their aircrafts free of charge.  Kenya mission of 2011 was ISMS' 15th mission.  The team was composed of 18 medical professionals that covered wide spectrum of specialties.   The mission was conducted in NNPG hospital in the town of Kisumu, located on lake Victoria.  The hospital serves a large area of the Western section of Kenya.  We hope that the presence of ISMS team provided much needed exposure to the hospital and its staff to modern techniques in medicine and patients’ care.  We also hope that our work will have an ever lasting effect.  The team performed 98 major operations that included general, thoracic, obstetrical and reconstructive surgeries.  The team also donated many equipment and supplies that should help the hospital and its staff in providing better care to their patients.

Some of the donated equipment included:

1. Dermatome         2. Electrocautery machines        3. Cardiac monitors

4. Bronchoscope     5. Colposcope                           6. LEEP machine 

Date of Mission: February 12 through February 20
Number of cases: 98
Type of cases: Complex general, thoracic, plastic and Gynecological procedures
Members of the mission: Medhat Allam, MD - Ravi Kothuru, MD - Vito Alamia, MD - Geri Schmitt, MD - Mehul Mehta, MD - Joseph DeBellis, MD - Rajesh Patel, MD - Robert Mineo, CRNA - Michael Sherwood, CRNA - Christopher Torres, CRNA - Ellen Herfield, RN - Grace McCarthy, RN - Maryellen Spandonis, RN - Rose Weisman, RN - Angelina Fusco, RN - Patricia Mitchell, RN - Elizabeth Rogers, RN - Jonquill Bouchard, DO Intern Clair and Lilly Mehta, vediographers
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