(Please share this post with any doctor ~ specifically any surgeon ~ or any science type high school student, pre-med student, med student, resident or intern you know.)
Are you a doctor wanting more?
Wondering what to do with your life?
Consider this:
Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon needs a General Surgeon. Now.
Are you a doctor wanting more?
Wondering what to do with your life?
Consider this:
Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon needs a General Surgeon. Now.
Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon
Please pray for the surgeon at Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon. And pray that another surgeon will come ASAP to work with him and ease his burden.
Shortages of health workers are particularly acute in sub-Saharan Africa. Progress toward
the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is slow in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 11 per cent of the world population. The region accounts for 24 per cent of the global disease burden but has only 3 per cent of the world’s health workers.2 Measures to address this deficit are urgently needed in order to reach the MDGs by 2015.
Shortages are more critical in rural areas. Whereas nearly half of the world population lives in rural areas, only 38 per cent of the world’s nurses and less than 25 per cent of doctors work in rural areas. (http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/popfacts/popfacts_2010-2rev.pdf)
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What did Jesus say about needing a surgeon in Cameroon?
Matthew 25:31-40
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
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I can think of nothing more fulfilling than to have JESUS, the Maker of the Universe, look you in the face and say, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father.....". What better thing could there be than that in this world? Jesus says, "Come here?" Jesus wants to be with you in person??? That's better than bungee jumping, sky-diving, ski trips and resort vacations all rolled up into one. If you know Jesus, you know that is true. Think about it.
[Please do not misunderstand and think that I think we can earn our way to Heaven by trying to be "good" people or by doing humanitarian things. I do not. How could I, in light of what the Bible clearly teaches, that Jesus alone saves us from God's wrath against our breaking of His laws and that we can no-way, no-how save ourselves from that deserved wrath? Only Jesus can save us. Getting to share God's love that he poured out on us via Jesus is a privilege and a way to say "thank you" to Him for all Jesus has done for us, and in no way earns his gift of salvation to us. But, let's remember: it IS a privilege, not a duty and certainly never drudgery. It is something that will bring us so much fulfillment. So, on that note.......please read on.]
(....And for a more chilling conclusion, read Matthew 25:41-46.)
I've copy pasted some emails we have received recently about this over-worked and exhausted missionary surgeon in Cameroon below.
If you are a surgeon reading this, would you consider going, if even for a short time, to help support this doctor and help him to get some rest so he can continue in his mission?
Also, if you are a young person who loves science and/or math and are trying to decide what you should do with your life, I would encourage you to consider MEDICAL MISSIONS. If God has gifted you with a talent in these areas, what better way to use that gift than to serve His people in underserved areas of the world?
You can be part of His answer to a suffering world. You can bring His love and light and healing to those without. If you are 20-30 years old and looking for a way to serve, and if you are talented or think you may be talented in these areas, please pray about this and consider how He would have you spend the next 30 years of your life. I can think of no better way, no more fulfilling way, to live.
Below are excerpts of the emails about the Cameroon ministry opportunity:
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He writes, "I am tired, and on a long stretch of call with many other pressures. My main reason for writing is to ask you to help me find someone who can come and assist untilanother surgeon gets here in late August. I am simply unable to get the work done, and seem to fall farther and farther behind.
"The work load is heavy, but even drastic cuts in elective surgery does not stem the daily tide of emergencies, urgent cases, and complicated referrals. There is no where to send most of these people, and more and more I find myself telling people who could be helped that we just cannot help them because we cannot get to them. That may sound like an answer, but the emotional burden of it is heavy and I don't carry it well."Resident education is happening, but not as it should. Most of the time we are just struggling to get the work done. One or two faculty cannot adequately supervise 8 or 9 residents, oversee 3 or 4 ORs, clinic, 80+ inpatients, and then do everything else."I am hundreds of emails behind. Many important requests are overtaken by events and become missed opportunities."I am not asking for anything except that you be aware, and if possible, help me get the right visitors out here. I need surgeons who want to teach and have the aptitude to teach. And preferably experienced surgeons who have a broad enough skill set to take call and run a room. Meanwhile, pray for me and pray for our program. I think that much of what we are experiencing is spiritual warfare. I also know that God's call is not supposed to be easy, and His strength is sufficient. But I also feel close to the edge, and often overwhelmed."
Please join with us for praying for this man - and all the missionary surgeons who serve as PAACS faculty. Pray that God will lay it on the heart of a few who can go NOW and help him. And if you are the answer to that prayer? Please contact wmmplacement@samaritan.org and copy jimbrownjab@aol.com. Pray also for PAACS' great need for men and women who will answer God's call on their life - this appeal could have been written by several of the faculty members at one of many sites.*****************
This is Jim Brown, PAACS Program Director at Mbingo We are very busy with too few staff. In June Dr. Sparks, the other full time surgeon at Mbingo, will return to the US for a 6 month furlough. I will need general surgeons or other specialty surgeons to assist between July and January.
English is the predominant language spoken at Mbingo, as we are in one of the two Anglophone districts of Cameroon. All the hospital staff speak English and visitors who speak only English can function well. However, many of our patients are French speaking only, and a few speak neither English or French, but a tribal language instead. There are enough people that speak French to act as translators if a visitor needs help. Many patients also speak a pidgin English that can be very difficult to understand at first. But to answer your question, visitors can do just fine here with only English.
Please have any potential surgical volunteers write me if they are interested in serving at Mbingo, and I will put them in touch with those who can assist them in the application process.
Jim's email is: jimbrownjab@aol.com
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We have an urgent need for general surgery at Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon. If you have two or more weeks available and would like to assist this hospital by volunteering your surgical skills, please contact Cathy Burleson at cburleson@samaritan.org or phone her at 828-278-1375.
Thank you for your consideration of this urgent need.
Thank you for offering to post for us. It’s an urgent need as soon as we can possibly get them credentialed to serve there. As long as they have two full weeks to serve or longer we could use them.
May I add that an additional “crunch” is due to a long-term GS going stateside from June 2014 – January 2015, leaving only 1 GS at Mbingo with 8-9 residents to oversee and a hefty work-load. Thank you for your assistance in this.
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Still not convinced?
If you are a medical student, pre-med, resident, or just a kid still deciding what to major in in college (and have a love of science and math).......and are often asking the question, "What should I do with this life I've been given?"
Consider this:
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
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