New Screening Format Tested in Togo

Posted by Mercy Ships staff on Mar 02, 2010 at 10:18 am

During the Togo Field Service, Mercy Ships will be testing a new format for screening patients.  Several pre-screenings will be conducted from February until April – in multiple locations rather than one mass screening. 

This will allow our teams to reach multiple areas of need while hopefully reducing the size of the crowd that normally appears during large screenings.  It is our hope that prospective patients will have less time to be examined while also reducing security concerns that come with large groups.

General medical screenings will be held every week for ten weeks. The screenings will take place at predetermined locations in Lomé.  In previous field services, screenings were held dockside, adjacent to the Africa Mercy.

In addition to the Lomé screenings, Dr. Tony and Ann Giles, have agreed to travel up-country for one month to conduct mobile screenings. All potential surgical patients then can be transported to the Mercy Ships Hospitality Center in Lomé for further evaluation.

The crew and staff are excited and optimistic about the new screening procedure. The method may vary somewhat, but the result remains the same – hope and healing for the people of Togo.

Written By: Joy Clary
Edited by Nancy Predaina

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