In Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, MedSend-supported surgeon Dr. Jacques Ebhele is treating patients during the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC while many around him are living in fear. “This is my country, my town, and my people catching the disease and dying including nurses and doctors,” Jacques wrote to us this past week. He […]
After 60 Minutes, They Stopped In a rural operating room in Papua New Guinea, a 45-year-old woman — we’ll call her L — went into sudden cardiac arrest following surgery for early cervical cancer. Her heart slipped into ventricular fibrillation. The team shocked her five times. They administered medications. They searched for reversible causes. For […]
When the Rains Come, the Work Doesn’t Stop In Sierra Leone, the rainy season makes travel harder, clinics busier, and outreach more complex. Yet this is exactly where MedSend-supported physician Dr. Geoffrey Moses continues to serve, integrating health and discipleship in Sierra Leone in ways that reach both body and soul. In a country where maternal mortality remains among the highest in the world […]
When you meet one of our National Scholars in Cambodia, you quickly understand why this program matters so deeply. Dr. Rothavi’s story begins long before she ever put on a white coat—long before she knew her dream would be possible. Dr. Rothavi grew up wanting to become a doctor, but her family’s financial challenges made […]
When orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dan Galat and his family moved to Kenya, he couldn’t ignore the overwhelming number of patients in need — and the lack of trained specialists to care for them. What began as an unsustainable workload soon became a movement that is shaping the future of healthcare in Africa. Dr. Galat helped establish an orthopedic residency program at Tenwek Hospital, […]
Christian medical missions are often focused around a patient in need—but sometimes they begin with a question that refuses to fade. For MedSend-supported surgeon Dr. Suja Brane, that question came in the middle of exhaustion, full clinics, and very real limits. Suja serves in Senegal with the backing of MedSend, which helps make it possible for healthcare […]
Guest Post by MedSend-supported doctor Viral Hemorrahagic Fever Has Come to Ethiopia It has been a truly stressful season in Ethiopia. We were coming off a stretch of hosting many visitors and the normal pressure of busy hospital work, when on November 11 my house worker informed me that her neighbor had died suddenly. He was […]
There are places in the world where the gospel cannot be preached openly, where no missionary visas will ever be granted, and where millions live without even basic medical care. Yet in these same places, God is at work—reaching the unreached through healthcare. More than 3.1 billion people remain unreached by the gospel. At the […]
Called to More Than Medicine For Dr. Pranha, becoming a doctor wasn’t originally his idea—it was his parents’ dream. Like many families in Cambodia, they hoped their child would enter the medical profession. But after years of study and serving in the medical field, Dr. Pranha began to sense a deeper purpose. “After I spent […]
In rural Uganda, babies are born into overwhelming odds. But thanks to MedSend support, nurse Kacie Forrest is standing in the gap offering life-saving care in moments where every second matters. Kacie works in Bundibugyo General Hospital’s NICU and maternity wards. There, she sees God’s love in action every day. One of the most unforgettable […]
