The last day of surgery is often a busy day as the team continues to help as many patients as possible. We arrived at the hospital with walk-in patients waiting for us.  As luck would have it, we were able to add two walk-ins to today’s schedule.

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Throughout the mission, schedules are adjusted on an on-going basis.  Here, head nurse Carol and Karen, our records keeper juggles things around so that we are as efficient as possible.

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Inside the OR, local Interns and scrub nurses assist the Rotaplast medical team. Above, Dr. Charles, from Tanzania assists Dr. Sandy with a skin graft.

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Mount Meru Hospital scrub nurses have assisted the medical team every step of the way in the OR, while others are helping Terry with the instruments as she handles sterilizing.

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Rotaplast transports our own instruments and equipment, such as the autoclave, to each mission.

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