Mother of Mercy Hospital served over 150,000 patients in 2019
2019 was another remarkable year at Mother of Mercy Hospital in the oppressed Nuba Mountains of Sudan. With a budget of roughly $1 million, the hospital’s talented staff:
Served 91,125 people in the clinic, 29% of them children under the age of five.
Performed 1,894 operations.
Cared for an additional 68,031 patients at six community clinics.
Helped 457 women deliver their babies, 19% by C-section.
Treated 206 patients suffering from tuberculosis and leprosy.
Immunized 5,249 children who are under the age of five.
Mother of Mercy remains the only major hospital for the approximately 1.3 million people living in this remote region of Sudan. The Nuba people have been besieged in a genocidal war by Sudanese government forces since 2011.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 2016, and the government’s relentless aerial bombing of the region has stopped. This has allowed for more freedom of movement in the area, which has brought more and more patients to the hospital’s gates. 2019 was the busiest year yet.
The Vision
Outside of the incredible day-to-day health care provided at Mother of Mercy, the staff has a long-term vision for the hospital that will amplify their impact across the Nuba Mountains for decades to come.
At the core of this vision is opening a training school to educate midwives, nurses, and physician assistants. Graduates will work at Gidel Hospital and the surrounding community clinics. The hospital needs approximately $200,000 extra each year for 7 years to train 90 such healthcare workers.
That’s a lot of money, but imagine how many more people will be served with a more robust and larger group of health workers. For example, 1 in 18 mothers in the Nuba Mountains die in childbirth. More healthcare workers and resources can help make pregnancy and childbirth safer in the years ahead.
Get Involved
Dr. Tom and the local staff have treated and cared for hundreds of thousands of patients. But their work is only possible because of generous supporters like you.
The hospital’s mission is to provide accessible, quality medical care to the marginalized people in Nuba and to train skilled health workers regardless of tribe, race, or religion. You can help provide that by choosing one of these ways to be involved:
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