General Surgeon

Mukinge Hospital - Zambia — Mukinge Hospital is a 200-bed referral facility that currently services 100,000 people in the Kasempa and Mufumbwe districts in the Northwestern Province. The hospital has seven inpatient wards, including general medical/surgical (male and female), maternity (1,300 – 1,400 deliveries per year), pediatrics (acute ward and malnutrition ward), TB and eye. There is a busy outpatient department with 160 – 180 patients seen daily. The outpatient department includes general care clinics, as well as clinics for well child care, antenatal care, family planning, tuberculosis, nutrition, surgery, ophthalmology, ART and STD's. There is a physical therapy department offering whirlpool, plaster casting, rehabilitation, prosthesis and leprosy follow-up. There is a pharmacy with basic drug supplies. Community services include family planning, antenatal care, well child care, leprosy, nutrition, ophthalmology care, and HIV/AIDS. The hospital has a full-time community-based AIDS team as well as a mobile and in-house eye program. There are (2) operating rooms equipped with a reasonable range of instruments for general, orthopedic and eye surgery. Hospital staff include (2) Zambian general practice physicians and one expatriate general surgeon.

The individual volunteer is responsible for all costs of the trip. World Medical Mission will assist in arranging all travel including international flights, in-country travel, visas, permits and/or medical licensing.

The expatriate general surgeon is away on furlough each year November - December. Coverage is also needed for three weeks in April of each year when he is attending a conference. Mukinge will accept short term volunteers for a minimum three week commitment.

If you are a Protestant Christian general surgeon currently licensed in the US or Canada and are interested in meeting this need please contact or by phone at 828/278-1144.