Delivering healthcare aboard Africa's hospital ship

Delivering healthcare aboard Africa's hospital ship

Mercy Ships New Zealand
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Sharon Walls

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New Zealand volunteers have quietly gone about the business of providing free, essential surgery for people in developing nations for 40 years with the international hospital ship charity Mercy Ships.

New Zealand volunteers have quietly gone about the business of providing free, essential surgery for people in developing nations for 40 years with th, Mercy Ships, During each 10-month field service, around 2000 surgeries are delivered to patients in West Africa who have no other access to healthcare