The next medical-surgical and dental humanitarian mission will take place from 1is until May 10.
Barely six months after a mission to Madagascar, the NGO “Doctors of the Indian Ocean” is making a comeback… in force, to the Big Island. This time, it is the Androy region, in the far south of the country, which will be favored. Around fifty missionaries should be able to carry out the activities and actions planned as part of this descent into Antandroy land. And the least we can say is that the schedule is more than full. A ” hospital delegation » will camp near the regional reference university hospital center in Ambovombe. Cardiologist, gastroenterologist, surgeon, ophthalmologist, optician, ENT specialists will take turns and work in concert with local medical staff. In total, the mission aims to reach 9 to 10,000 patients.
Completely. A ” traveling delegation » composed of general practitioners (4), a pediatrician, 5 dental surgeons with their teams of prosthetists and an ambulatory surgery branch will, for its part, be on the ground to provide care and health services to population. A descent to Tsihombe, Amboasary and Antanimora will be planned in this context. In addition to these two parts of the mission, another specifically dedicated to preventive medicine will also be planned. This should consist of oral hygiene campaigns targeting children in primary schools in the region. To this is also added “ a post-graduate teaching component intended for local healthcare teams and residents of the Toliar University Hospitalhas “. It should be noted that this mission will be the 69e organized on Malagasy soil since the creation of this NGO. It will also be the last for its president Firoze Koytcha.
José Belalahy