Hospitality Centre

For the 2009 Field Service, Mercy Ships has opened a Hospitality Centre in a warehouse about 2 kilometres from the ship, in which patients can be screened and stay a night or two in the 38 beds before and after their operations. The Centre also houses our two old dockside tents, which are still used for Eyes and Physical Therapy. The place opened for business earlier this week, and is already very busy place with all 38 beds full with patients (and often their carers) and with many more patients attending daily for appointments in the tents. A brilliant and very successful idea - it has made a futher 38 beds available on the Africa Mercy's wards!

Above, the Hospitality Centre from the outside. Two Land Rover ambulances drive between the ship and the centre every 15 minutes, ferrying patients, supplies and crew.

Above, the inside of one of the air conditioned rooms which sleeps nineteen.

Above, the familiar shape of the old dockside units, used by the Eye & Physical Therapy Teams. Olly