Welcome to Mass Medical Mission

Thank you for visiting our webpage.

Just like other developing countries, Nigeria is trying to build up her health system but we still have a long way to go bringing it up to par. Thousands of people on the streets of lagos, and indeed in Nigeria as a whole, cannot afford medical care and will remain in their ill health, and even deteriorate, not because their conditions are incurable but because they cannot afford to pay their medical bills.

Edensfield Health Foundation is a medical NGO which provides quality healthcare free of charge to those who cannot afford it, through mass medical missions. In April 2010 we organized a mission in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health where we attended to 21,070 cases providing free medical, surgical and dental treatment amongst other things. We are set to organise a second event but need about N30 million to successfully implement this project to reach even more people.

Edensfield Medical Mission

2010 Report Summary

The first Edensfield medical mission was conducted in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and our partners from Washington, The Moses Lake Medical Team. It held from April 12 to 16 and was conducted from three centers namely:

• Akerele Health Center, Surulere where general medical, eye, dental and obstetrics & gynaecology cases where attended to.

Nurses with the Moses Lake Medical Team taking the vital signs of patients before they see the doctors.

• General Hospital, Mushin where surgeries such as cataract extractions, herniorapphys, lumpectomies, etc were performed.

Eye Surgery Patients waiting to see the opthalmologist

during the Medical Missions at General Hospital, Mushin.

• Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja where cleft lip & palate repairs were done. The mission successfully intervened in 21,070 cases in a 5 day period as follows. All procedures /treatment were provided at no cost to the patients.

Surgeons operating on 2 different general surgery cases during the missions.

STATISTICS AT THE EKO FREE HEALTH MISSION WITH EDENSFIELD TO



SURULERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,

APRIL 12^TH – 16^TH 2010

TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEN DURING THE MISSION = 21, 070

GENERAL CONSULTATION/TREATMENT = 13, 037






BLINDNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMME

Total Number of Registered Patients = 1, 405

Total Number of given glasses = 562

Eye surgeries performed = 269

Special Order = 406

 

GENERAL SURGERY

Total Number of General surgery performed 122

DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME

Total Number of Registered Patients = 771


Oral Hygiene Instruction = 323


Extractions = 263


Curettage = 14


Scaling & Polishing = 84


Filling = 7


Gingivectomy = 68


Others = 12

HIV COUNSELLING AND TESTING


Total number tested and counseled = 1,400

Total number positive and referred = 8

Total number negative = 1, 392

HEALTH EDUCATION 3,480

IEC Materials:

Diabetes Materials = 301


Hypertension = 632


Breast Cancer = 243


Cervical Cancer = 405


Prostate Cancer = 342


TB = 221


ORT = 216


Family Planning = 131


Malaria = 1,029

ANTE-NATAL CARE 833

CLEFT LIP & PALATE SURGERIES 22

2011 November Medical Mission

A second mission is planned within the Ibeju–Lekki axis which is a rather impoverished area where subsistence farming and fishing are the main occupations. A lot is required in terms of funding and equipment to make an impact on healthcare provision in this locality. As a means of achieving this overall goal, Edensfield has committed to renovating and equipping one of the Primary Health Centers (PHCs) within the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area. Ideally, the provision of a medical doctor to work in the PHC in the first year would go a long way in ensuring a reasonable level of healthcare provision.

For more information on how you can partner with us please contact:

Edensfield Health Foundation

144, Gbagada-Oworonsoki Expressway,

Lagos, Nigeria.


Tel: 234-1-7028025585


E-mail: info@edensfieldhf.org

www.edensfieldhf.org

Testimonials

"Great Job" "It is amazing the extent to which healthcare is scarcely available to the poor and needy. Edensfield is doing a great job in trying to bridge this gap, providing free quality healthcare to a large group of underserved individuals. – Tajudeen, Ikeja

"Entire families had a new lease of life" "I remember a family that attended the medical missions. The father had a cataract removal, the son had a hernia repair and the daughter had her eyes checked and was given prescription glasses. Their joy, excitement and appreciation is unforgettable as finally their health burdens had been lifted. It is a constant reminder to me to help the less privilege no matter how minute my widows’ mite may be. – Joyce, Shomolu

"Great turn out "There was a massive turnout of patients at the April 2010 missions organized by Edensfield and Lagos State Ministry of Health. Health professionals, experts in their respective fields, were on board to provide free care and medication to the people. – Kudirat, Ikorodu

"Tears of Joy" "The sigh of relief and the tears of joy that flowed from a mother after her child’s high fever was brought down with paracetamol injection is very touching to behold. Now she gets to go home with free medication to treat the child’s malaria without paying a dime for consultation. The medical mission was a touching and inspiring experience for me. – Funke, Otta