Healthy Heart Medical Ministries Inc

TO REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS BY PROVIDING FREE HEALTHCARE, MEDICATION, EDUCATION AND FOLLOW UP TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN IVORY COAST, AFRICA

THE HEALTHY HEART MEDICAL MINISTRIES PROVIDED FOUR MEDICAL MISSION CLINIC TRIPS TO IVORY COAST AND ONE MEDICAL MISSION CLINIC TRIP TO TANZANIA IN 2022. ALL CLINICS ARE STAFFED BY A MINIMUM OF TWO LICENSED UNITED STATES BASED VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROVIDERS WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL TRANSLATORS, LOCAL LAY PHARMACY AND LAB STAFF AS WELL AS A LOCALLY TRAINED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, LOCAL COUNSELORS/PASTORS. CLINICS WERE HELD IN IVORY COAST IN FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST AND NOVEMBER 2022. THE TANZANIA CLINIC WAS IN MAY 2022. THE FEBRUARY 2022 CLINIC, STAFFED WITH ONE INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SERVED 182 TOTAL PATIENTS (137 HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, 49 DIABETIC PATIENTS) AND 1,089 MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS WERE WRITTEN. THE MAY 2022 CLINIC, STAFFED WITH ONE INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, A NURSE PRACTITIONER, AND A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SERVED 310 TOTAL PATIENTS (220 HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, 81 DIABETIC PATIENTS) AND 1,922 MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS WERE WRITTEN. THIS TRIP ALSO INCLUDED A TRAINING CONFERENCE PROVIDED BY THE MEDICAL TEAM AND A GROUP OF EVANGELISTS FROM MEMPHIS, TN AND A LOCAL GROUP FROM YAMOUSSOUKRO. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDED MEDICAL AND EVANGELICAL EDUCATION. THE JUNE 2022 CLINIC IN TANZANIA WAS A DENTAL CLINIC STAFFED WITH FOUR DENTISTS, ONE INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT. THE DENTAL CLINIC SERVED 603 PATIENTS WITH 3,043 MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS PROVIDED. THE AUGUST 2022 CLINIC, STAFFED WITH ONE INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SERVED 234 TOTAL PATIENTS (161 HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, 58 DIABETIC PATIENTS) AND 1,334 MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS WERE WRITTEN. THE AUGUST 2022 CLINIC, STAFFED WITH THREE PHYSICIANS, THREE OPTOMETRISTS AND A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SERVED 578 TOTAL PATIENTS (418 HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, 131 DIABETIC PATIENTS) AND 2,995 MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN. BLOOD TESTS WERE DONE FOR RENAL FUNCTIONS, BLOOD SUGARS, AND MALARIA AS NEEDED AT THE IVORY COAST CLINICS. URINALYSIS AND PREGNANCY TESTS WERE DONE AS NEEDED AT THE IVORY COAST CLINICS. LOCAL LAY TRAINED PERSONNEL DO MONTHLY BLOOD PRESSURE AND BLOOD SUGAR SCREENINGS BETWEEN CLINICS IN IVORY COAST. ALL MEDICATION IS PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY INCLUDING MEDICATION PROVIDED BETWEEN SCHEDULED CLINICS.