Rugiatu M. Kamara

Rugiatu M. Kamara is a 21 year old who presented to our Maternity Ward at 26 weeks for antenatal care after noting that her uterus was large for gestational age. Our Dr. Edward Lukenge diagnosed a triplet pregnancy. She received close monitoring for this extremely high risk pregnancy at the Maternity Ward. At 32 weeks Rugiatu presented with ruptured membranes and premature labor. Rugiatu received the high quality standard of care treatment with MagSO4 for fetal neuroprotection, steroids to promote fetal lung maturity and antibiotics. The triplets were delivered by Caesarean section without complications. The boy weighed 3 lbs 4 oz, the girl 4 lbs 3 oz and the youngest boy weighed 3 lbs 11 oz; the infants, though premature, were all healthy, able to feed well and breathe on their own without difficulty. When Rugiatu recovered and the infants gained sufficient weight, the happy family was discharged home. Postnatal follow-up continues at the Maternity ward.

Marie Kargbo

Marie Kargbo is an amazingly strong woman who has given birth to 10 children at home, 6 who survived. In her long 70 years of life, she has lived through a lot, not the least of which is living with the physical and emotional difficulty of total procidentia (her pelvic support is so lax that her uterus hangs down between her legs).

Her dignity and strength pervade her being and with her granddaughter’s assistance, she sought out our help. Her courage paid off; our gyn team repaired her problem and returned her safely back to her loving family.

Fanta Fofonah

Fanta Fofonah is 28 years old and had the unfortunate luck to go into labor and deliver her baby by herself alone on the side of the road during the rebel incursion of the country’s civil war. The subsequent vaginal tear resulted in a scarred connection between her anus and vagina which caused her to soil herself without control.

During our January 2012 mission, we were able to recreate her normal anatomy in less than an hour. Now she can control her bowel movements and use the toilet without soiling herself.

Mamasu Koroma

After giving birth to her children at home, Mamasu had a significant amount of uterine and bladder prolapse. Like most Sierra Leonean women with this condition, she was forced to endure this, as these women simply have no access to any gynecologic expertise to fix it.

Mamasu is not the type of woman to just accept this situation quietly; despite the obstacles, she actively sought out our gyn team and made certain that her problem was fixed – pronto. She was extremely grateful for our medical care and will always be remembered as “Mamasu #1”!