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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Outside of Bangalore, India, the Bangalore Baptist Hospital maintains a community health presence through the Mother Theresa Hospital. The clinic reaches the local areas through drama and free medical care, with the goal of raising awareness of the locals to everyday health issues. IMB Photo
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Medical volunteers visit with patients at the clinic in South Asia, that the IMB supports. The clinic is a community health organization serving a large number of patients in the local area with affordable healthcare. IMB Photo
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A medical team examines a patient in the IMB supported clinic in South Asia. The clinic is a community health organization serving a large number of patients in the local area with affordable healthcare. 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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Sanyati Baptist hospital is the nearest hospital for many small communities. The next hospital is about sixty miles down a very pot-hole filled path. People come from all over the county to receive very low, to no cost, medical care. Sanyati will not turn people away if they can not pay. Some people have even paid their medical bills with livestock.
Dr. Byler, center, performs a hydrocele surgery on a patient. He does everything in the hospital from surgeries to helping children that have put foreign objects in their ear.
Nicola MacRobert, far left, works at the hospital as her medical internship from a university in Cape Town, South Africa. IMB Photo
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Nurses see hundreds of outpatients each day and provide care for people from all over Zimbabwe at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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During his morning rounds, the doctor takes time to train the nurses in x-rays at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. Here, they treat a young woman with tuberculosis. IMB Photo
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During his morning rounds, the doctor takes time to train the nurses in x-rays at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. Here, they treat a young woman with tuberculosis. IMB Photo
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A nurse prepares to visit a patient in the children’s ward of Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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Nurses gather for training at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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During his morning rounds, the doctor takes time to train the nurses at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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Families wait with their children as they receive treatment in the children’s ward of Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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Two-year-old Shantalle was brought into Sanyati Baptist Hospital weighing only 3 kilograms. She was diagnosed with malaria, and HIV/AIDS. IMB Photo
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New mothers rest with their babies in the maternity ward at Sanyati Baptist hospital. IMB Photo
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A nurse checks in on a new mother who is resting with her baby in the maternity ward at Sanyati Baptist hospital. IMB Photo
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A nurse examines patients in the waiting room at Sanyati Baptist Hospital. IMB Photo
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Nurses check the vitals of patients. Hundreds of patients pass through the outpatient waiting room at Sanyati Baptist Hospital, which has severe structural damage. IMB Photo
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