 Dr. Chris Hudson of Pine Medical physician’s
group in Fremont, discussed with Rotarians his upcoming mission trip
to Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Hudson has made several trips to Nairobi,
offering his medical expertise to medical facilities there in both the
inner city of Nairobi and out in the rural area of Kenya, as well.
Dr. Hudson was first introduced to the region as a medical student and then returned following his residency. While in Africa, he has treated patients with a variety of medical ailments including TB, burns, HIV, snake bites, donkey bites and malaria. This year’s trip, his tenth, will take him to a two-year old mission hospital for the poor. The hospital is located in the inner city of Nairobi – a metropolis of three million people with two million of those people living in poverty. The hospital, Saint Mary’s, has quickly become the busiest hospital in all of Kenya. The latest initiative for the hospital is to fund a health center that will focus on pregnant women with AIDS, an epidemic problem in the region. According to Dr. Hudson, Kenya is of interest to Rotarians around the world. A group of Rotarians from Sweden have been sponsoring physicians and dentists from their country who work in the rural areas of Kenya. Dr. Hudson will be in Nairobi for two to four weeks this fall. |
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