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October 2008 Mission
With the end of Ramadan and the celebration of EID, our team arrived in
Niger on October 12. The group included returning doctors Bruce Crawford,
Rene Genadry, Soo Kwon, Gopal Badlani, Janet Li, Mike Conley, Jeffrey Freed,
Scott Eder and Rehana Kauser. Dr. David Glazier, Dr. Aditya Dash, Dr.
Suzanne Walczak and Dr. Julianna Schantz-Dunn joined the group as
"first-timers".
Our Nursing Director, Njoki Ng'ang'a, lead a team consisting of Jacqueline
Green, Melanie Haller and Mid-wife, Katherine Erbe.
Audrey Orell, Rita Steele, and Loni Steele were our non-medical volunteers.
IOWD team members presented both the National Hospital and Gazobe Maternity
Hospital with approximately $400,000 worth of supplies, medicines and
equipment. Among the machines donated were two cystoscopes, anesthesia
monitors, heart and blood pressure monitors and two complete sets of
laparoscopic equipment!
Although we are grateful to so many American companies who have been
exceptionally generous to IOWD's program in Niger, we offer a special thanks
to Stryker, Storz, Wolf, Olympus, Space Lab, Cardinal Health,
Johnson&Johnson, Americares, and Hackensack University Medical Centre for
all their fabulous donations on this particular trip.
Standing with artist Hamadou Abdou, on his new 3 wheel motor bike, are left
to right in the front: Gopal Badlani, Melanie Haller, David Glazier,
Jacqueline Green, Audrey Orell, Janet Li and Julianna Schantz-Dunn.
Standing in the rear are: Mike Conley, Suzanne Walczak, Soo Kwon, Scott
Eder, Jeffrey Freed, Bruce Crawford and Aditya Dash.
Missing from the photo were Rene Genadry, Njoki Ng'ang'a, Rehana Kauser, and Rita and Loni Steele. |
Dr. Eder delivering a baby at Gazobe Maternity Hospital. |
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