We are Hard at Work in Rwanda!!

Many of our dedicated nurses come from Near and far.  We couldn't do what we do without these dedicated individuals!  Pictured here we have Joy from Seattle, Harriet, Judy  and Madelon from South Carolina, Lydia and Molly from Vermont, Lauren from Colorado and Suellen and Kayla from Boston

Patrick, the Rwandese medical resident assigned to Team Heart is working on increasing his ECHO skills with Marilyn, one of our cardiac sonographers. A cardiac sonographer images the heart with ultra sound. We identify the patients needing surgery with this tool and then follow them throughout  their surgery and recovery using this imaging technique. Many of the patients who have had heart surgery in previous years will come back to the hospital to have their heart checked with one of our sonographers this year.