From the moment Malang started to walk, his legs started to bow. His parents watched helplessly, knowing their young son’s future would be limited by his orthopaedic condition. Malang’s father Sadio took him for consultations at multiple hospitals in their home...
“I always tell people,” confides Kevin So, ward nurse on the Global Mercy, “That this is the best hospital I’ve worked for. It’s a special place to serve here on Mercy Ships because everyone here wants to be here, you know? We’re all volunteers, so there’s a special...
For Maria Kuo, an interest in Mercy Ships and the free surgical care it offers has always been a part of her life. At the age of nine, her parents took her to a Mercy Ships tour in Gisbon, New Zealand, where she learned about the urgent need for direct surgical care...
“Why did I decide to start a career in medicine?” Dr. Mark Shrime began matter-of-factly. “Because I am the firstborn son of an immigrant family. I had three options: doctor, lawyer, or failure. That is the honest truth, that I went into medicine because I felt it was...
Swedish mariner Tommie Kristensson has had a lifelong career at sea, starting when he was just 17 years old. “That’s basically what I’ve been doing my entire life. You may say it’s a very natural environment to work on a ship,” he shared. Yet despite his years of...
If you were asked to picture a hospital crew, your mind may jump first to doctors, surgeons, or nurses. But it takes so many kinds of specialists, each with their own skills, aspirations, and tools, to keep a hospital running. Deborah Nutsugah worked in a hospital in...