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 to work full time on the hospital ship live.

they got one up on this and as i heard about the project i was very enthusiastic but it enables me to work as a franciscan and as a doctor in a region where the people are very severe and we discuss potential we can provide the people with what they really need good health care enough to go into. the franciscan non-gays up a post a senior position at a hospital in germany and took on the job of chief medical officer on board the proper francisca an exciting challenge. to. dawn in santo antonio a small community of river to alice in brazil's prostate 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 the 2 sides of the same coin. 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. power to. your brother show well is chief coordinator of 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. always caring for the poor and the sick has always been part of the franciscan mission. hills. do is go by here you. would have preferred 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 went.

pain measuring checking blood pressure. yellow fever hepatitis and meningitis are granted in this region and the hospital ship carries vaccines so. the people's needs are acute the nearest hospital and closest doctor in the town of abi dos half a day's boat ride away. that they were there before thank god 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 marking otherwise you have to come back the next day it's one or 5 days before you see a doctor. some of the people in this village for instance the elderly can't travel to town. if they can we must thank god for the priests the mayor of on the dose 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 for your boss or moon for all it was very bad last night was in the nearly died yes he kept tasking 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 even if your will god do something heal him don't let him die rule they should be in sept. 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 to what you should take it morning and evening and will take an x. ray. to check the heart and lungs ok that means the. next storm 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 pierced completely destroyed so all the most is extraction. of teeth and even on very young girls or boys. are very very much in their lives the doctors' offices are below day only one corridor 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 rate spirit you don't know whether it's going to be a girl or a boy i don't know. ensure that look here this is a subpoena us it's a boy congratulations and here's his profile you know that everything's perfect it's all good the examination results are good too that is why i don't see any problems here josh and i are going out there to how they are i think that i'm so happy i thought it was a girl but it's a boy. claims that if. another little boy for me i'm so happy think 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 little. they'll decide whether this is the policy the patients often have the idea that an adult or a sound examination replaces the need for a doctor and often there isn't any doctors don't want to see if there was one hole that i was for instance are almost no specialists who want any kind of colleges this is not this inequality is. something like levering a baby has done by a surgeon because there are no obstetricians fire or fire as well off all those facilities. that are things that the young mother is waiting in the car door for a 2nd examination of her baby. boston 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. he.

does she 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 labor tray. 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. now positively i was aging after the operation the patient is transferred to the recovery room until his condition has stabilized and he is fully conscious the major decision is 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 save 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. right eye for me. then there's a dermatological case as there's no relevant specialist on board the doctors use telemedicine the italians donated the equipment. the girl suffers from an aggressive and painful foot fungus. videos photos and in the nischelle

diagnosis assent to an international community of experts with a request for treatment recommendations. here it is boys know it wasn't the go look who you later to see if they're in the recommendations other than this on him and we've already given her something out of it 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. until it is this that if i had 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 situation 1st and then put out teams together. for this purpose they are sending out their ambulance but 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 says stern who she had a concious south examines her. i call and tell me can you see properly no sister and a big mix that he. used those words you don't see anything with either i. wanted them how long have you not been able to see their. i'm not very long i sort of for you should you lose your side gradually or suddenly you know. 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 the figure figure that puff not long. enough to see if she's doing well she's in good shape there was. no doubt ok let's go you know. more patients are waiting. for the very. good point because he was bitten by a snake yet 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 get they didn't sound the bite was here. and emergencies like this occur frequently one has to act fast. if they're made to comment this is the medicine i make i think that if it contains 4 herbs what are you that you care and in one of them there's lots of antibiotics. they would think

should be. the thirds are affected 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 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. rays are ok you know hifi very tough to look. at the 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 through the communities some 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 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 there the crowd is frustrated because all the appointments were soon taken . there will be mass later but will continue seeing patients. 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 i know

bungee bungee to the back oh no it wasn't working out a super so it's up and running get me to go marco everyone be treated or was that not always possible that it was a no no we couldn't treat everyone the show money yes we can treat 100 a day here 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 him post in an environmental case that was sufficient to buy the ship and financed the 1st voyage is. bishop holman is committed to securing the projects feature. so i doubt it could change us here you start somebody will approach prosecutors and judges and encourage them in cases where a fine isn't paused over to invest that money in this project because it's

a truly concrete project that really helps a lot of people or us weekly free and mention his board or your honner spellman is also a franciscan the german born priest has lived in brazil for nearly 40 years i . love the money and it's a source of joy for us to help everyone else. is that it was all that they feel they hear and i hope that your own will receive the healing and the you need for your life was worth it does and god can have a place in the lives of each one of you that the at the polls. the yeah in addition to theology bishop ullman 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 rainforest and protection of the indigenous peoples all problems that have become more acute since a right wing government came to power in brazil in 201801 minute by that 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 as an alum was it done it we have to question ourselves which we can't 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 a problem of the be our been a lot so an interest that part. of it 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 the church has played a major 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 but also search the hospital ship as a base it is always kind of who can admit patients to this hospital who need longer treatment for instance intravenous antibiotics treatments for several days and patients who need to be. served over a longer period of the 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 sheep the little x. ray 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 a few in the media he will prescribe in minutes and then he can go home. over just 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 1st state subsidy. back on the hospital ship brother show and souza is

assessing the 1st 6 day voyage on which 800 patients receive treatment. the parts are. there what i was doing the statistics tears came into my eyes because i know it's not numbers it's people human suffering but he just of all the neurologist treated 103 people. who don't the dentists 163 patients we made a 136 x. rays. 10 mammograms on day one we're going to be your $174.00 sonogram so our whole. team our. tests pro so i looked at that it's the result of our efforts and our sweat i can only say thank you. for your mates as you did we made it happen people have experienced

a sign of solidarity. there are no words to describe it my heart rejoices at each person who is treated here certainly has the same feeling of gratitude and of this unique opportunity in our lives you want to come also be this it's a reason to celebrate. the thing. 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 root and brother will sail 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 gynecologists general practitioner and 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. and everybody is looking forward to the next trip. i think that's what makes our project special that it's something ongoing. we get every experience and apply it to the project. each voyage should get better and the core team is in creative. the honey much of it it. obvious body of a it i know it was ready but the fan well gathering bishop bollman is also present to thank all those who took part.

the last snapshots from the maiden voyage the 1st of many trips was. then they set off for the official dedication ceremony in the state capital below meanwhile the pomp of francisco has taken up its important mission and become sailing regularly to the amazons isolated river communities serving people who until now have had hardly any access to health care.

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