TR Performs First Ever Surgery in PiBor
While conducting the daily clinic at the Pibor hospital, one of the team members came across a middle aged man with a hernia. The man had traveled seven hours to reach the clinic after hearing of Team Rubicon’s arrival. He was eager to have the team remove the hernia that was causing him a great deal of pain. Rubicon had done a few other hernia operations while in the Sudan and had the surgical supplies on hand. The operation was the first surgery ever to take place in the city.
The PiBor clinic is small and dark and not a good sterile environment for an operation. So, the only other option was to do the operation in TR’s sleeping quarters. With the beds pushed against the wall and our host Rev. Orozu’s kitchen table acting as an operating table, the team got to work sterilizing the area. The patient was given a spinal epidural by Josh Webster and the operation began with Dr. Ajak as lead and Zach Smith as assist. The operation was a success and, in order to monitor the patient’s progress, he spent the night with the team.
