MISSIONS
Chain of Hope in Uganda!
This was the first Chain of Hope mission to the Mulago Heart Institute in Uganda. Chain of Hope we very impressed by the progress which has been made there and we look forward to conducting many more training missions to the centre!
Chain of Hope in Uganda!
The local team in Uganda
Waiting for surgery
meeting the patients
Dickens who was treated in London at follow up in Uganda
sleeping after surgery
GOSH Nurse training the local Ugandan nurses
Professor Hjortdal and a patient with her father
Ethiopia March 2011
Abush having physio
Deme after his surgery
Mekiya, before her catheter
colouring during recovery
Abraham from Kenya
Local medics
Catheter kids, before their operations
Taking a walk after surgery
Aswan January 2011
The Chain of Hope volunteer surgical team conducted a mission at the Aswan Heart Centre in January. This was a fantastic mission treating an amazing 37 patients, 23 surgical and 14 interventional catheters.
The first patient treated on the mission moves to the ward!
Theatre manager Torsten with a young patient.
Omar from Cairo, after a quick recovery!
Baby Ahmed shortly after surgery.
Fun and games on the ward!
Baby Myrna recovering.
Watching TV on the ward.
Baby Myrna
Recovering on the ICU.
Baby Raffael all dressed to go home!
One of the local egyptian nurses with one of the babies treated on the mission.
Friendships made on the ward.
Jamaica November 2010
This was a very successful mission treating 24 children. We also held a follow up day in which we asked previous patients of Chain of Hope to come back for a check up, it was a great day which ended with a visit from Shaggy who came to meet all the patients.
All smiles, two years after surgery!
Our first ever Chain of Hope patient in Jamaica!
Previous Chain of Hope patients doing well!
Recovering on the ICU after surgery.
Anaya before her surgery.
Such a happy baby!
Local nurse Miss Anderson.
Sleeping before surgery.
Shaggy with surgical patient Shannon.
Professor Yacoub with one of his patients.
The surgical team arrive!
2 week old baby Denisha with her mum.
Aswan June 2010
The Chain of Hope medical team recently returned from Aswan, Egypt where 23 patients were treated.
Mozambique May 2010
In May 2010 a Chain of Hope surgical team consisting of volunteers from The Royal Brompton Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Aarhus Hospital in Denmark as well as many more. This was a very successful mission providing surgical operations for 21 patients.
Aswan April 2010
In April 2010 Chain of Hope conducted a joint mission to the Aswan Heart Centre with another surgical team from Canada. This invovled two weeks of operating which resulted in 30 patients receiving surgery.
Ethiopia January 2010
In January 2010 Chain of Hope conducted a catheter mission to the Heart Centre Ethiopia. This was performed by a small team led by the Director of Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories at Evelina Children's Hospital in London, Dr Shakeel Qureshi.
Ethiopia March 2010
This mission saw the joining of many new volunteers from Papworth hospital to Chain of Hope, including world renowned cardiac surgeon Mr Francis Wells. This was the fourth Chain of Hope mision conducted to the Cardiac Centre which was opened in January 2009 and treated 13 children for life threatening heart disease over five operating days.
Aswan January 2010
In January 2010 Chain of Hope conducted its fourth mission to the Aswan Heart Centre where 20 patients were treated.
- £4,000
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Could provide open heart surgery for a child
- £1,000
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Could provide an interventional catheter procedure for a child
- £500
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Could provide a flight for a medical volunteer
- £300
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Could provide essential drugs for a child after surgery
- £100
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Could provide local medical staff with an oxymeter, essential for monitoring oxygen
- £50
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Could provide disposable medical equipment to care for a child in intensive care
- £10
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Could provide up-to-date education materials for intensive care nurses
