Donate Share FREE COMMUNITY MEDICAL OUTREACH $70  raised of $10,000 target Share Donate now Adewale Adegbite is organising this fundraiser. Created 24 August 2020 Community & Neighbours FODOR HealthCare Foundation is a healthcare non-profit, Non-Governmental Organisation, registered with Corporate Affair Commission ( Nigeria) in 2017 with the number RC 98241. The focus is on promoting healthy living of people in the rural areas. Mission: “Enhance healthy living irrespective of background and social status. Promote healthy long life through comprehensive health educations, and professional consultations and counselling.  Advocacy for healthcare equity and inclusiveness. ‘’  The NGO wants expand its medical outreach to other communities and reach larger audience. Some pasts events are available on 1. FODOR Healthcare Foundation Partner Igbajo Alliance Club Distribute Free Eye Glasses in 2018. Below is the link  https://www.adamshealthblog.com.ng/2018/09/fodo...

                Image: minoritynurse.com Monday I’m a nurse on an inpatient psychiatric ward in an inner-city hospital. Our patients have a variety of mental health difficulties, and are mostly at the beginning of their recovery journey. I tend to work three days a week because shifts are 14 hours long. After morning handover, I check medication for a patient being discharged today. I don’t think he’s well enough yet: he’s still disturbed by voices in his head and can become very frightened when out on the street. After he’s discharged he’ll only see a nurse twice a day to make sure he takes his medication, and those visits will probably stop after a week or so. I think he will be back here, even more unwell, before long. But because of the demand for beds, as soon as a patient gets anywhere near the threshold for discharge, we are under constant pressure to make room for someone more unwell. My patients need to trust that I’m there...

Being deaf has never stopped me from doing anything; it’s other people who make it an issue. Growing up, I knew I wanted to be independent and travel. Nursing kept presenting itself as a career option. I had a natural empathy for how people feel and knew what it was like to have to try and get clarity about things. I could see that it was an opportunity to make a difference. Deafness throws up a lot of stuff about what you can hear and what you can do. As soon as you say the word “deaf”, you’re already locked into an unconscious bias, which is that we can’t hear so we must be stupid. One consultant didn’t want me on his ward because I had to make him stop when I needed to understand his instructions. He used to walk off ahead of me but if I can’t see you, I can’t see your lips to understand you. I was lucky because the sister on the ward reminded him that it wasn’t his ward, it was hers and that I was popular with patients. She made sure I wasn’t in those situations too often...

I had only a faint memory of the name of the disease I had heard during my medical schooling. Noma? Cancrum oris? I couldn’t quite remember… Inspiration Sometime in 2011, I attended a meeting organised by the Association of Plastic Surgeons near my hometown in India. There I heard a motivational presentation about MSF’s medical humanitarian work in various countries. Immediately after the meeting I approached the speaker and initiated the process to start working with MSF. After several months of waiting and lots of paperwork, I was called for an interview in New Delhi and soon enough I was offered my first assignment. I was thrilled! Getting matched My first assignment was to be Gaza in 2017, working as a reconstructive burns surgeon. However, it had been abruptly called off because of security concerns restricting our access. As a plastic reconstructive surgeon, my options with MSF in my field of choice were limited. I preferred not to opt for ...