Malawi Surgey Trips
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Lumbadzi, Malawi
Opportunity provided by
Promotes spiritual and physical health through medical missions at Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi, Malawi, and through the support of local churches.
Overview
Blessings Hospital is a Christian in-patient/out-patient facility with lab, pharmacy, mobile clinics, and other services in Lumbadzi, Malawi. The Malawian hospital and mobile clinic staff prescreen surgical candidates who are in need of assistance.
Chikondi Health Foundation organizes visiting medical teams on multiple trips each year to perform these life-giving surgeries to some of the poorest in the world. Blessings Hospital has two surgical suites that are well-suited for general & gynecological surgeries. All visiting medical personnel are fully registered with the appropriate Malawi regulatory bodies. Our team also welcomes non-medical assistants for logistics support.
Your trip with Chikondi Health Foundation includes comfortable accommodation (electricity & hot water!), all meals, local transportation, medical evacuation coverage, and surgical supplies. An optional safari experience is available as an add-on.
We’ll provide you with fundraising help and guidelines.
To find information about the trips schedule, please visit the webpage Service opportunities where you can get involved - Chikondi Health Foundation (powered by ServiceReef)
We invite you to visit the "Warm Heart of Africa!"
Location
Blessings Hospital, Lumbadzi Malawi
Professional designation
Position
Members Needed
➤ Medical Doctor
1
➤ Nursing
1
➤ Assistant/Allied Health
1
Healthcare services needed
➤ Surgery
➤ Women's Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology
➤ Anesthesiology
➤ Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Travel logistics
➤ Flight
- Getting the volunteer to the closest airport of the mission location
➤ Flight
- Getting the volunteer from the airport to the living facility
➤ Daily Ground Transport
- Transportation between the living facility and the healthcare facility
- Paid by organization
➤ Visa & Passport
Immunization
➤ Routine (MMR, DTP, Varicella)
(mandatory)➤ Yellow Fever
(mandatory)➤ Polio
(recommended)➤ Cholera
(recommended)➤ Hepatitis A
(recommended)➤ Hepatitis B
(recommended)➤ Measles
(recommended)➤ Rabies
(recommended)➤ Typhoid
(recommended) Language
➤ English
➤ Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja
Amenities & Accommodations
The Blessings Hospital complex includes a comfortable guest house to accommodate our team. Rooms have bunk-style beds, hot showers, and electricity. Our four guest huts have private rooms and a private bath. Our campus is well secured with security guards at night. We have our own water system and full generator backup.
➤ Continues/Reliable electricity
➤ Guard on premise
➤ Private toilet
➤ Shower
Meals
Our team meals will be coordinated by an American and be a mixture of local dishes and American favorites. We have wonderful Malawian coffee and tea ordered straight from the plantation. We can accommodate any dietary needs you may have and persons with CPAP machines.
➤ Gluten free
➤ Lactose sensitive
➤ Malawian coffee and tea