that one of the wouldn't because i'm i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there but once i'm going to. you want to know their story and for migrants terrified to enter a global information for more grants. pope francis has called it a sign of solidarity the hospital ship papa francisco will serve people in remote villages in old in brazil along the amazon the world's longest river. and it will provide medical care to villages in an area half the size of germany.

report back when it's full time on the hospital ship. that we've got on afghanistan is i heard about the project i was very enthusiastic about it it enables me to work as a franciscan and as a doctor in a region where the people are very severe and we discuss with the ship we can provide the people with what they really need good health care enough to go on top of all. the franciscan non-gays up to post a senior position at a hospital in germany and took on the job of chief medical officer on board the papa francisco an exciting challenge.

to. dawn in santo antonio a small community of rivet well as in brazil's pariah state as soon as i heard the hospital ship was on its way people from the surrounding villages started gathering here. the assembly hall has been crowded since early morning free medical treatment brought virtually to the front door is. almost too good to be true but 1st mass is celebrated for the franciscans healing and eventually zation are 2 sides of the same coin. or market. i would say that the hospital ship papa francisco is a church on the move. together with the volunteers and missionaries that god sends

us we set out to bring healing for the body but also for the soul. to. their. brother joel is chief coordinator on the hospital ship he invites people of all faiths to attend the mass as well as to receive medical treatment. the priest is a member of a fraternity called the franciscan friars of assisi in the providence of god which commissioned the ship of the world where. most of the 300000 people in the diocese of all the dust are desperately poor and most of the priests who minister to them are franciscans. all caring for the poor and the sick has always been part of the franciscan mission and the skills. to do is get by here you.

are maybe one of the 31 lots of the people who come here don't have any health issues sometimes it's a personal problem they want to discuss i think faith is very valuable to the people it helps them to realize they can overcome their limitations are good i knew that. this is a multifaceted mission medical treatment pastoral care and evangelists ation the 1st to pray examine. i wear. a measuring checking blood pressure. yellow fever hepatitis and meningitis are brand put in this region and the hospital ship carries vaccines. to the people's needs are acute the nearest hospital and closest doctor in the town of all the dots half a day's boat ride away. but. you're right i know it's expensive

to go to town and you have to leave at night to get there by morning and then you only get called at the hospital if you're not yet otherwise you have to come back the next day for a 5 days before you see a doctor. some of the people in this village for instance the elderly can't travel to town i think you may think it you must thank god for the priests the mayor of beatles doesn't do anything for us in. an emergency and 85 year old man had chest pains and difficulty breathing all night his wife has brought him to the hospital ship he wouldn't have made it into town. a sandwich really apart from the world it was very bad last night in nearly died yes he kept asking and turning and begging for help we thought it was the end but i said to him hold on to god for the lord is our god that if it's your will god do

something heal him don't let him die ruin their ship incept. up luckily for the patient there are 2 cardiologists on board the 2 italian doctors a part of the medical team on this maiden voyage. explorer. and e.c.g. confirms that the old man is suffering from heart failure he's already had a minor cardiac arrest the 1st line of treatment is medication to bring his blood pressure down he should take it morning and evening and will take an x. ray. to check the heart and lungs ok that means the. next door is a dentist he's also from italy still like his 2 colleagues this doctor has given up his summer vacation to work on the ship without paying his reward is the knowledge that he's needed dental problems are

acute in this region poor nutrition and a lack of basic dental care produced disastrous results. a lot of people have pits completely destroyed so all of the most is exertion of the peace and even on very young girls or boys. are very very much damaged to doctors' offices are below day only on one card or one busy office is the ultrasound department agree any almeda is nearly 8 months pregnant and this is her 1st visit to a doctor ultrasound is only available in all because hospital but she can't afford it on the hospital ship it's free. what's on the heart rates good you don't know whether it's going to be a girl or a boy i don't know. in china but that look here this is a spanish it's

a boy congratulations and here's his profile that everything's perfect it's all good the examination results are good to others that my don't see any problems here jane should i have another job. i think that i'm so happy i thought it was a girl but it's a boy you. face that is. another little boy for me i was so happy and also i know that everything's ok you know. she's visibly relieved to have one less worry but it's not as simple as that it is a m. . don't be sad when there's a posse thing patients often have the idea that an alter a sound examination replaces the need for a doctor and often are his and any doctors don't want to sit on hold because for instance are almost no specialists who are any kind of college this vision records is that they'll. 'd like levering a baby has done by

a surgeon because there are no obstetricians fire or fire as well a fault of this person is the basket of the things that a young mother is waiting in the car door for a 2nd examination of her baby the royal. family but dawson he has a nasty cough sore throat and can hardly breathe. so the doctor asked for an x. ray to check his lungs right away the moment it was difficult. to ship doesn't only carry a team of 10 doctors it also has the necessary medical equipment the nearest hospital doesn't have an x. ray machine. the x. ray doesn't show any abnormalities so the baby's blood is tested in the ship's own lab archery. the papa francisco is the best equipped hospital ship in brazil's

amazon region there's an operating room onboard and they'll be a surgeon on the team in future. sister anna christina to sell that is one of 2 nurses on board. was as was aging after the operation the patient is transferred to the recovery room until his condition has stabilized and he is fully conscious i mean to the situation if the boys were after that he can stay here for 24 hours until he's moved to another hospital or sent home now or way to say livid at the fact that. there's no end to the stream of patients the team performs 150 examinations each day sister brought back works from morning until night she specialized neurology but he she also works as a general practitioner many of her patients have chronic ailments like this man

with constant back pain. in my feet say i'm not going to leave. then there's a dermatological case as there's no relevant specialist on board the doctors used telemedicine the italians donated the equipment. the girl suffers from an aggressive and painful foot fungus. videos photos and an initial diagnosis assent to an international community of experts with a request for treatment recommendation this. year it boys know what was involved. will call you later to see if there are any recommendations other than this aunt we've already given her with. as chief medical officer says that a router tries to select volunteers for the medical team in line with the requirements of the villages they'll be visiting. india is theirs and 4 have an

idea is to go there 1st and see what diseases are most prevalent if a lot of people have skin conditions it would be sensible to take a dermatologist along for instance. that's our current plan to look at the situations 1st and then put out teams together. so this purpose they are sending out their ambulance ahead of the next voyage but even now while the hospital ship is more than one of the villages the ambulance boat is already visiting neighboring communities. on board a nurse and a priest on their way to patients who aren't able to visit the hospital ship. that nearly yaoi is 94 years old sister knew she had a concious south examines her. i admit i see her making you see probably no sister and

a victim of the. those words i don't see anything with either i. want to there how long have you not been able to sergt. not very long i sort of for you should you lose your sight gradually or suddenly you. know if we gradually. as soon as i have cataracts that can be fixed but we have to operate. on both the old woman is almost blind she doesn't want an operation the nurse understands her figure figure that profit long of you know this if she's doing well she's in good shape that you'll never was. no doubt ok let's go you know. more patients are waiting. at a very big. because he was bitten by a snake at the end when he came here at 11 o'clock he was very sick if you lost

consciousness i treated him with herbs that my father showed me and now the swelling is going down you mean you had they didn't sound the bite was here with you and merchants is like this occurs frequently when one has to act fast. if they're made to commit this is the medicine i make you think that if it contains 4 herbs what are you that you care and in one of them if there's lots of antibiotics are. they going to be. the 3rd or affective the patient is feeling so much better that he doesn't even want to go to the hospital ship the healer goes instead she has a cyst on her thyroid gland. her 81 year old neighbor comes along she suffers from various complaints but can't manage the trip into town to visit her doctor.

the patients are taken to the ship where the doctors are expecting them meanwhile their neighbors collect the results of their tests even wilson acevedo brought his extended family along in just 2 days they're done with the whole gamut medical examination tests diagnosis and treatment. here aren't even nuisance results he has kidney stones on both sides and when they move it's really painful otherwise the x. rays are ok. it was worth it i've been examined so have my daughter my daughter in law and my son and the others as well and my other daughter in law is having a tooth extracted right now. all that would have taken weeks months in town not to mention the travelling expenses and medical fees.

the cases in santo antonio have been treated time to sail. the hospital ship serves 1000 river communities beyond the boundaries of the orbital style. 700000 people. in the future the ship will be underway for up to 10 days at a time then it will time. to prepare for the next for each. in spite of the head. the rain many people have spent the night here to secure their place in the line but i have heard that on its maiden voyage the hospital ship will also be treating patients in overdose. we don't have any more

capacity. the crowd is frustrated because all the appointments were soon taken. who know there will be mass later but will continue seeing patients. in. the main celebrant today is the bishop of overdose yohannes bollman was appointed to this diocese in the amazon region 10 years ago don bernardo as the german cleric is known in brazil is very much a pastoral bishop he has actively supported the hospital ship project to go. bungee bungee to the bay. i was working out so it's up and running get me to go everyone be treated or was that not always possible and it would be no no we couldn't treat everyone for so many yes we can treat 100 a day and we have 300 waiting in line. at the project's initial costs were covered by a fine

a judge heard about the proposed hospital ship and awarded the equivalent of 6000000 euros to the project a fine he imposed in an environmental case that was sufficient to buy the ship and finance the 1st voyages. bishop bollman is committed to securing the project's future. that started out because she and us here you start on that will approach prosecutors and judges and encourage them in cases where a fine is imposed over to invest that money in this project because it's a truly concrete project that really helps a lot of people on here and mention who bought your honner spellman is also a franciscan the german born priest has lived. herself for nearly 40 years i. was. of the party and it's a source of joy for us to help everyone it was. that it was. a

here and i hope that your will receive the healing of the you need for your life worthy of this mandate god can have a place in the lives of each one of the other was that in addition to theology bishop bauman also studied agricultural science and he represents his region at the pan amazon synod in rome attended by bishops from the 9 countries of the amazon region their agenda is comprehensive it ranges from poor infrastructure to de forestation of the rain forest and protection of this indigenous peoples all problems that have become more acute since a right wing government came to power in brazil in 201801 minute identity can we take a different approach this is not about us saying we are special or as the church are against progress or against development it is on the line was that all we have to question are so much that we can't do these things irrespective of the cost to

us that we have to ask ourselves about sustainability and what we can do to build bridges the problems we have in the amazon region can be solved it's a push even opprobrium it to be our been allowed so an interest at. all but also lies at the heart of the amazon region the great river is only 2 kilometers wide at this point here in the state of para deforestation and forest fires are among the most egregious in brazil the catholic church is determined not to ignore these issues the pan amazon synod is tasked with stimulating action. so many years the church has played a main. your role in providing health services in this town of 50000 residents 5 years ago the fraternity of sin francis in the providence of god took over the municipal hospital. the congregation runs 20 hospitals in brazil this one in all

the dos search the hospital ship as a base and you can always come to we can admit patients to this hospital who need longer treatment for instance intravenous antibiotics treatments for several days and patients who need to be observed over a longer period also expectant mothers when we know the birth will be complicated patients can stay here for several days of being. here there's a doctor on duty around the clock even if hospital is not as well equipped for diagnoses as the ship the little extra patient from the hospital ship has spent 2 nights here inhaling infusions. yeah you so believe me are you going home today everything ok. let me see back here . they say philip is doing well it was an infection of the respiratory tract of fluid in the

area he will prescribe a medicine and he can go home and say that. overdose hospital is state recognised and receive subsidies however they are not sufficient to cover all the costs the ship has also received a promise of subsidies. next door there's construction work going on the new building will be better equipped than the old hospital but the franciscans are still waiting 1st state subsidy. back on the hospital ship brother surely souza is assessing the 1st 6 day voyage on which 800 patients receive treatment. the part of. what i was doing the statistics tears came into my eyes. because i know it's not numbers it's people human suffering. system the neurologist treated 103 people. don't know the dentists

163 patients are we made 136 x. rays. 10 mammograms on day one we're going to be here $174.00 sonogram softball. team migratory tests close always looked at that's the result of our efforts and our sweat i can only say thank you. i. will meet you as you do we made it happen here people have experienced a sign of solidarity. there are no words to describe it my heart rejoices and each person who is treated here certainly has the same feeling of gratitude and of this unique opportunity in our lives. it's a reason to celebrate.

the maiden voyage was a tremendous success now freshly scrubbed and restocked with medicines the ship is ready to sail again while the volunteers change with each voyage to storage and brothers sail regularly on the hospital ship together with the cool medical training. coming together they assess the lessons learned for the upcoming trips. to something else i noticed i don't know how you view this as a doctor kind of college he is urgently needed right. but he absolutely radiologists gynecologists general practitioners sister group who take this into account when selecting volunteers. in the future many come from the franciscan hospitals in brazil. as it isn't out of the completely exhausted after the maiden voyage but also super happy that it worked out so well with a clapped out and everybody is looking forward to the next trip does that mean

though that i think that's what makes our project special that it's something ongoing that. we gather experience and apply it to the project we get so each voyage should get racial and the cool team is incredibly honey much of a heated. topic by the way it. would be but the fan well gathering bishop bollman is also present to thank old us who took part in. the last snapshots from the maiden voyage the 1st of many trips. then they set off for the official dedication ceremony in the state capital meanwhile the pumper francisco has taken up its important mission and become siling regularly to the amazons isolated riddick communities serving people who until now have had hardly any access to health care.

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