THE YEAR 2011

The First Medical Mission 4th- 11th March

Location 1, Surulere-Lagos State.

The Mission started in Lagos, and took place at the following venues in Surelere, Lagos State, Nigeria: Akerele Primary Health Care Center, Robinson Hospital (Surgical and Clinical consultations) and Libra Specialist Hospital (surgical cases) in Collaboration with Team Lagos, Surelere Local Government Council. At the end of the mission, we attended to 442 patients, providing clinical consultations with assistance from our local physicians. Thirty – eight (38) surgeries were performed; record breaking hernia case we have seen in recent years and an emergency complicated pregnancy that was bleeding profusely. The mission was well attended by political leaders from the State, Senators and members of the House of Representatives and State House of Assembly members; Surelere is also the home town of the Lagos State Governor. Mr. Babatunde Fashola

The Second  Medical Mission 7th-27th May

Location 2,Ogbomosho-Oyo State.

The mission train moved to another State, Ogbomosho in Oyo State for one week of clinical and surgeries at Shalom Hospital and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Primary Health Centre, where 79 clinical cases and 20 surgeries were performed (without electricity but with the flash light on a Nokia phone at the MDGs Centre), including one lymphoma We also saw a sharp increase of goiters at Ogbomosho and reported to ministry of health officials. We concluded in Libra Hospital Surelere, Lagos. At the end of this mission, our team had seen and

clinically consulted with no fewer than 200 indigenes while a total of 78 patients received free surgeries during the entire mission.

The Third Medical Mission, 9th – 27th, Sept.

Location 1,Omoku-Egbema-Rivers State

With a compelling letter of invitation from the First Lady of Bayelsa State, Her Excellency; Mrs. Alanyingi Timipre- Sylva to PROFOH as partners with the Bayelsa State. The team flew directly to Port Harcourt and spent two days in Egbema, Rivers State for a medical mission to support telecommunication giant (MTN) co-sponsors a yam festival in that State PROFOH team saw over 200 people, at the Rivers State medical facilities courtesy of the Rivers State Government.(See details at News and Publications page)

Location 2, Port Harcourt-Rivers State

Upon return to Port Harcourt, the PROFOH team saw, diagnosed, and performed surgery on 20 people at the New

Mile Hospital with some of the serious cases of tumors whilst over 68 were clinical cases.

Location 3, Kaduna-Kaduna State.

The team moved to Kaduna, and stationed at the St Gerard Hospital Kakuri, venue of the mission, which was unique in many ways. Firstly,, Mrs. Velvet Quartemont had earlier met with Governor in June. H.E. Patrick

Yakowa, for the approval of the mission. Secondly, the numbers of patients we met on the ground was beyond our initial estimates because there were thousands of people waiting to be seen, diagnosed and possibly operated upon by the team. The State Commissioner for Health, representing the Governor, paid a courtesy visit and praised PROFOH for the Kaduna State mission. The team leader, Dr. Stuart Quartemont had also earlier met the First Lady of the Kaduna State, Her Excellency, Mrs. Amina Yakowa at the end of the mission, our team had seen and diagnosed over 3000 potential cases and performed 130 surgeries; with a commitment to be back to Kaduna State in the near future .PROFOH received outstanding Award from the people of Kaduna for quality services rendered.