Medical Outreach Mission

July  10 – 21 , 2017

Successful  Medical Mission at Kateri Ckinic and Iburu Clinic Despite Serious Security Challenges

Crowd of people waiting to receive medical care at Kateri

From July 10 through 21, Kateri Medical Services  partnered with the Anglican Diocese of Kaduna to conduct two intensive medical outreach events at our clinics in Kateri and Iburu.  Despite the most difficult security challenges hwe have ever experienced, we were able to serve 4,695 people with medical care.

Crowd waiting for medical care at Iburu

From July 10 through 21, Kateri Medical Services  partnered with the Anglican Diocese of Kaduna to conduct two intensive medical outreach events at our clinics in Kateri and Iburu.  Despite the most difficult security challenges hwe have ever experienced, we were able to serve 4,695 people with medical care.

American team

A small American Team of five was joined by a much larger team of  40 volunteer doctors , nurses, eye specialists, dentists and counseling teams from Kaduna Diocese and local teaching hospitals in Jos and Zaria. All together, we served 4,695 people in two different locations.  More than 400 people received some form of eye care including 300 who received eye glasses.  The surgical team performed 116 surgeries.  The dental team helped 200 people with various forms of dental care, including tooth extractions.  The prayer and counseling teams served more than 3,000 people with a variety of spiritual and relational issues. The health education team gave basic health and hygien  instruction to all of our patients.

Eye Care team at work:

Surgical team at work:

​Prayer teams at work:

​Triage teams at work:

​Health and Hygiene talks

Pharmacy Team at work: