Transforming Healthcare at Freetown’s Largest Hospital

Transforming Healthcare at Freetown’s Largest Hospital

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’...
Surgeries Now Underway in Sierra Leone: Meet Sahr

Surgeries Now Underway in Sierra Leone: Meet Sahr

Sahr is a 32-year-old police officer with a wife and 4-month-old baby boy. He was 20 years old when he noticed what looked like a boil, which would appear and disappear, in his lower stomach. His late mother assured him that it was nothing to worry about. But it...
Celebrations in Sierra Leone: The Global Mercy™ Returns

Celebrations in Sierra Leone: The Global Mercy™ Returns

There was great cause for celebration in Sierra Leone on 14 August! The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown in a partnership between Mercy Ships and the Ministry of Health. In this field service, Mercy Ships...