Patient Stories
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To view pictures and stories of patients before and after their operations onboard a Mercy Ship, please select the appropriate category. |
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| Cleft Lip Surgeries (View All) | |
 MamaduWide-eyed little Mamadu only knew a life of fear. Apart from his immediate family, his only friend was a toy motor car. At the tender age of fifteen months, his future looked bleak. |
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| Eye Surgeries (View All) | |
 AmiFour-year-old Ami suffered the same eye problem as her older brother, Sidate. Her mother, Awa, despaired after an endless and fruitless search for help for her children. |
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| Maxillo-facial and Tumour Surgeries (View All) | |
 AbuFourteen-year-old Abu had a good life in the Ivory Coast. Then one day the right side of his nose began to swell. It continued to spread, disfiguring his face. |
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| Fistula Surgeries (View All) | |
 AminataForty-year-old Aminata lived in seclusion with three children and a leaky bladder. Her husband had left her to fend for herself and moved to another village. |
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| Orthopaedic Surgeries (View All) | |
 MusuWar may have stolen Musu Sanu's childhood, and it might have tried to take her leg as well, but it clearly could not steal away what she held most precious; faith that God was on her side. |
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| Other Surgeries (View All) | |
 BandoraBandora from Guinea, West Africa, endured humiliation and rejection from family and friends when an infection from a scar on his ear turned into keloids. |
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