“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...
For Mercy Ships senior biomedical technician Nick Brown, it can be easy to forget that his workplace is not an ordinary hospital, but instead, one floating at sea. “On the engineering side, it is very much the same as a modern hospital,” shared Nick about the Global...
Have you ever met someone whose eyes dance when they talk? That’s the very first thing everyone notices when they encounter 3-year-old Umu. Her aunt, Fatmata, has always been amazed by Umu's effortless ability to make friends, regardless of where she goes. “She’s a...
During Spring 2023, seven mentee surgeons boarded the Global Mercy™ while the hospital ship was docked in the west African nation of Senegal. Dr. Alida Ngandjio Sidi, a paediatric surgeon originally from Cameroon, came on board with confidence. She knew this was where...