it's the only specialty care hospital in all of eastern congo. it was started 12 years ago by lyn lusi, devote christians who served years before that as medical missionaries. >> my husband was a surgeon. he finished in belgium in '84, and to this day he's still the only one. the only surgeon in the east of the country. >> reporter: dr. jo lusi has performed,000s of surgical operations fixing everything from club feet and cleft palates to fistuulas, the vaginal, sometimes rectal tearing that comes from rape and trauma or obstructed labor. heal kafr has trained nearly 30 young congolese doctors, paying for their education elsewhere in africa. it's bare bones emergency and intensive care are the only such services in a region of eight million people, supported by various private and international government grants. >> when you serve human, i don't see you like a human. i see you like an image of god, so to do that you have to be holistic. you have to be total. you have to know what about the spirit, about the flesh, about the soul. here people are