he takes it personally you went with a little bit wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all true fans the law is such a. tough more than subtle on line. pope francis has called it a sign of solidarity the hospital ship papa francisco will serve people in remote villages in northern brazil along the amazon the world's longest river. and it will provide medical care to villages in an area heart the size of germany.

report back works full time on the hospital ship. they got one out got assigned as 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 distant here and we discuss with us look we can provide the people with what they really mean good health care but have to go on top of all. the franciscan nun gave up her post a senior physician at a hospital in germany and took on the job of chief medical officer on both the proper francisca and exciting challenge.

dawn in santa antonio a small community of rivets well as in brazil. as soon as they 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 to 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.

want to thank. you 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 o.b. does a 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 the kills. do is get by here you.

would have to work 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 that 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 exam. i when. chain measuring checking blood pressure. yellow fever hepatitis and meningitis are brand pet 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 get the right thing that 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 lucky otherwise you have to come back the next day it's 4 or 5 days before you see a doctor if some of the people in this village for instance the elderly can't travel to town i think you made me think again we must thank god for the priests the mayor of and we don'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 filibuster moodle it was very bad last night was in nearly died yesterday because 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 send us your will

god do something heal him don't let him die wrong there chicken supper. out there luckily for the patient there are 2 cardiologists on board the 2 italian doctors a part of the medical team on this maiden voyage. to explore difficult to get an 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 that the. next door is a dentist he's also from italy it's 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 monster is extraction of it. and even on very young girls or boys. very very much that. the doctors' offices are below day only on one card or one busy office is the ultrasound department a tranny 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 clear to those that buy i don't see any problems here is internet we're not better how they are i think that i'm so happy i thought it was a girl but it's a boy. claims that it. was another little boy for me i'm so happy i think also i know that everything's ok you know. she's visibly relieved to have one less watery but it's not as simple as that it is a little. they only decide when does it look pulsates patients often have the idea that an ultrasound examination replaces the need for a doctor and often there isn't any doctors no one is 'd going to hold that i was harassed and are almost no specialist in our any kind of college. and there's a medical reason is that it will. something like delivering a baby has done by

a surgeon because there are no obstetricians fire or 'd fire us fell off all those facilities. that are going to get a young mother is waiting in the car door for a 2nd examination of her baby. and we've got a boss and 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 i got there. 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 the bart train. 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 sylvia is one of 2 nurses on board. was a seriously i 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 in the boys if i just went after that he can stay here for 24 hours until he's moved to another hospital or sent home now or wait to say live it out the back out. 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. eyes a little. 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 is or is not i was informed. will call you later to see if there are any recommendations other than this aunt we've already given her. i think as chief medical officer says to router tries to select volunteers for the medical team in line with the requirements of the villages they'll be visiting. in the years and for have their ideas 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 situation 1st and then put out teams together. for this purpose they are sending out their ambulance boats ahead of the next voyage but even now while the hospital ship is more than one of the villages the ambulance boat has 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 is 94 years old sister marie had a concious south examines her. i gave me. her making you see probably no sister and

a victim if that's really. whose voice was i don't see anything with either i. wanted there how long have you not been able to sergt. i'm not very long i sort of for you should you lose your sight gradually or suddenly you. know gradually i. assume 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 understanding the think of it without profit long of the message she's doing well she's in good shape there was. no doubt ok let's go you know. more patients awaiting upriver are. very good. because he was bitten by a snake here when he came here at 11 o'clock he was very sick he lost consciousness

i redid him with herbs that my father showed me and now the swelling is going down you mean you get they didn't sound the bite was here. and emergencies like this occurs frequently one has to act fast. need to commit this is the medicine i make you think that if it contains 4 herbs what are you that you care and one of them is there's lots of antibiotics. they. are effective 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 a 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 are even nuisance results he has kidney stones on both sides and when they move it's really painful otherwise the x. ray is ok oh hifi very careful 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. 700000 people. in the future the ship will be underway for up to 10 days at a time then it will tie up here in order to prepare for the next 4 huge. 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. no we don't have any more

capacity in the crowd is frustrated because all the appointments were soon taken. through there will be mass later but will continue seeing patients for. the main celebrant today is the bishop of overdose yohannes bollman was appointed to this diocese in the amazon region 10 years ago dawn 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 with a very well thought it wasn't working out a secret so it's up and running it to go everyone be treated or was that not always possible that it would be a no no we couldn't treat everyone for so many yes we can treat 100 a day and we have 300 waiting in line. to projects 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 him post in an environmental case that was sufficient to buy the ship and finance the 1st voyages. to ship bollman is committed to securing the projects feature. that i doubt if she and us here do you start something that will approach prosecutors and judges and encourage them in cases where a fine is imposed over to invest that money in this project is good because it's a truly concrete project that really helps a lot of people or and the feeling mentioned here boy that you're gonna spelman is also a franciscan the german born priest has lived in. brazil for nearly 40 years i . was. told that it's a source of joy for us to help everyone it was. clear that it was.

here and i hope that your own will receive the healing for you and need for your life worth the manner god could have a place in the lives of each one of the of the this is that in addition to theology is bishop 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 i don't know can we take a different approach here this is not about us saying we are special ops or as the church are against progress or against development a big deal with it all we have to question are so much that we can do these things

irrespective of the cost to us that we have to ask ourselves about sustainability and how we can do to build bridges the problems we have in the amazon region can be solved it's a push even opprobrium of the be our bit of light so an interest that. 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. for many years for the churches 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 serves the hospital ship as a base that you can always come to the 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 of a also expectant mothers when we know the birth will be complicated patients can stay here for several days of going. here there's a doctor on jews 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 so believe me are you going home today everything ok. let me see you back here . a bit philip is doing well it was an infection of the respiratory tract of fluid in the

mia he will prescribe the meds and then he can go home and 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 this construction work going on the new building will be better equipped than the old hospital but the franciscans are still waiting for a state subsidy. back on the hospital ship brother she well susan is assessing the 1st 6 day voyage on which 800 patients receive treatment. the parts are all they were 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 the dentists 163 patients are we made 136 x.

rays and. 10 mammograms on day one we're going to be here $174.00 sonogram so. laboratory tests course always looked at that's the result of our efforts and our sweat i can only say thank you. we're all mates and we made it happen 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 and. 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 sister ridge and brother filed regularly on the hospital ship together with the cool medical team. 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 is urgently needed right. but the absolutely radiologist gynecologist general practitioner. says to root 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 track does that we don't

i think that's what makes our project special that it's something ongoing. we gather experience and apply it to the project for that so each voyage should get better and the cool team is incredibly heinie much of aged. everybody to get out of . it but the fan well gathering bishop bollman is also present to thank all those who took part. in. the last snap shots 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 began cycling regularly to the amazons isolated riddick communities serving people who until now have had hardly any access to health care.

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