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Southern Baptist doctor, Doug Page works with squirming 8-month-old Aziza as he checks for signs of malnutrition during a house call. The wrestling match is a positive sign, however, compared with his last visit two weeks ago when Aziza was weak, dehydrated and suffering from an infection. “I was fearful she might not make it,” Page admits. IMB Photo

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A child patient is checked for breathing problems by a doctor in a Central Asian hospital. IMB Photo

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Two days after surgery to drain his pericardium, doctors use an ultrasound machine to check for further fluid build-up around the patient’s heart. But without proper equipment to determine the condition’s cause, Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page says the hospital can only treat its symptoms. IMB Photo

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Doug Page, a Southern Baptist doctor serving in Central Asia, examines a man complaining of back pain. This sort of medicine might seem beneath a highly trained surgeon but, Page says, “There is nothing He has given us that He doesn’t ask us to give up … whether it’s your family, or your career, your education, your pride.” IMB Photo

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Mohammed’s X-ray shown by one of the staff. Mohammed is a child suffering from malnutrition is comforted by a Southern Baptist worker in Central Asia. IMB Photo

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A child suffering from malnutrition is comforted by a Southern Baptist worker in Central Asia. IMB Photo

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Cradled in his grandmother’s arms, 18-month-old Mohammed waits in the hospital’s courtyard as Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page prays for his survival. Sadly, Mohammed died soon after this photograph was taken. IMB Photo

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A team of surgeons in Central Asia work to relieve excess fluid around the heart of a 28-year-old mullah, or Islamic teacher. Though it is a relatively simple surgery for Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page the procedure is new territory for the hospital’s staff, who say they are grateful for his guidance. IMB Photo

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A team of surgeons in Central Asia work to relieve excess fluid around the heart of a 28-year-old mullah, or Islamic teacher. Though it is a relatively simple surgery for Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page (left) the procedure is new territory for the hospital’s staff, who say they are grateful for his guidance. IMB Photo

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Working by the light of the only functioning bulb in the operating room’s surgical lamp, Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page helps insert a catheter into the patient’s pericardium, the protective sack that surrounds his heart. IMB Photo

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Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page (second from left) leads discussions amongst a small team of surgeons in Central Asia consulting with each other in a patient’s room. IMB Photo

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Bright eyes and a brilliant smile greet Southern Baptist doctor Doug Page as he visits with 10-year-old Najibah. A burst appendix nearly took her life, but Page says she is now close to making a full recovery. IMB Photo

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Larry Pepper, center, was a NASA flight surgeon before God put him on a different trajectory — working with the IMB at hospitals in Africa. He’s now spent more than two decades offering hope at the bedside of the hurting there. IMB Photo

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IMB missionary Dr. Heidi Haun sees patients in Nalerigu, Ghana. IMB Photo

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IMB missionary and nurse Teresa Flora examines a malnourished baby girl in a village in Lesotho. IMB Photo

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IMB missionary Dr. Heidi Haun reviews a surgical textbook with medical volunteer Jaclyn Pearson before performing an operation at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana. IMB Photo

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Cherry Faile, who works with the western Fulani out of her village Dancandu, Niger, inspects a man who believes he has meningitis and came to her on a donkey cart. She works as a medical nurse. IMB Photo

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Cherry Faile, who works as a medical nurse with the western Fulani out of her village Dancandu, Niger, inspects a premature baby and weighs her on a scale. IMB Photo

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Dr. Heidi Haun examines a young patient in the village of Puerto Belen deep in the jungles of central Peru. Dr. Haun was on a mission trip with a medical team from Rome, Georgia, providing free medical clinics and evangelism programs to the remote villages along the Pichis River in the Amazonian jungles of central Peru. IMB Photo

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Dr. Heidi Haun examines a young patient in the village of Puerto Belen deep in the jungles of central Peru. Dr. Haun was on a mission trip with a medical team from Rome, Georgia, providing free medical clinics and evangelism programs to the remote villages along the Pichis River in the Amazonian jungles of central Peru. IMB Photo

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