We held two medical camps at two locations for a total of five busy days. Our first camp was at Giathieko, where we utilized the Holy Family Catholic Church grounds after a sudden countywide decree prevented us from using the primary school grounds as planned. Our gracious hosts provided us with a building and set up chairs and tents. We were entertained by school children singing health-themed songs. Local officials from the Department of Health, the pastor, and the mayor participated in the opening ceremonies ¹.
Over two days, we accommodated approximately 830 patients, providing screenings for hypertension, diabetes, and general medical consultations. A dentist and ophthalmologist attended to other patients, while ancillary staff provided vaccinations, deworming, testing, and counseling for HIV and TB, as well as medication distribution.
September 19 though 21 we had medical camp at ACK St Andrews church in Kangoya.
Local volunteers really stepped up to the plate for patient registration, screening tests, counseling, health and wellness education. Eye and dental services were again provided and a county mobile clinic van performed cervical cancer and HPV screening, breast exams and women’s health consultations.
On our second day we were notified the nearby Kiambu level 5 hospital nurses were on strike( due to no pay from the government for three months) and we saw an influx of patients. Happily we were assisted all three days by physicians, clinical officers and nurses otherwise we would not have been able to accommodate all of the patients( @ 1000 over the three days). Many thanks to our US team of 3 doctors, 3 nurses, 2 ancillary staff.
At the end of the last day we had a closing ceremony where each of the many volunteers were presented with a certificate of appreciation.
