"The ship's first patient after docking was a 32-year-old police officer living in Freetown who had suffered from a large hernia in his stomach since he was 20 years old."
"I knew I wanted to...continue to operate and take care of patients, continue to scratch my mission surgery itch," he explained. "Even though I was exhausted, sometimes exasperated, my heart was in a better place."
"This vessel is operated by Christian charity Mercy Ships, and is one of two in its fleet... The Global Mercy's hospital will perform over 1,400 scheduled surgeries...in Sierra Leone."
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