As volunteers on international charity Mercy Ships' early voyages, Åsa and Lars Gisel were not merely witnesses to its history; they were active participants in its making. At 21, Åsa had just graduated as a nurse in Sweden and...
“From my own experience with Anna, I have a heart for the patients and their caregivers. I have been on side of not knowing whether my child would be able to have the right medical care.” It’s been almost two decades since Merryl Mackenzie, now 65 years old, began her...
Mercy Ships’ Education, Training, and Advocacy (ETA) department is supporting a new program aimed at reducing surgical infection rates at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. As a component of its Safer Surgery program, 20 nurses are attending a two-week,...
In a groundbreaking effort to strengthen the anaesthesia care workforce in Sierra Leone, Mercy Ships has partnered with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and the University of Sierra Leone to establish the Nurse Anaesthesia Diploma Program. The initiative aims to...
Running a hospital isn’t an easy task — it takes leaders carefully orchestrating a sea of moving parts to keep operations running smoothly. Matron Betsy Deen is that person at Connaught Hospital’s surgical department in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During Mercy Ships’...
“This field service is special for me. This is my contribution to my country,” shared Edward Carew, a volunteer Engine Rating from Sierra Leone. “There is no better job in this world than seeing the lives of other people transformed through the work I do here on Mercy...