Relief in Kenya
Erik Rasmussen, MD
A
row of patients sat patiently on a
bench in the small waiting room.
Flies glided from person to person amid the stifling heat, but they hardly
seemed to notice. Many had made over a
day’s journey to see our surgical team in
this small facility in Migori, Kenya. We
had traveled all the way from Louisville,
Kentucky to this populous east African
nation in order to aid a woefully medically
underserved population.
Our journey began in Louisville, where
a pediatric surgery and an otolaryngology team were recruited for a week long
medical trip to Kenya. Kenya Relief, the
host organization, is a faith-based group
which operates in Migori, Kenya. They
have a small medical facility which hosts
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