Clinics

Clinics

Loss of limbs from amputation or simply the wearing away dead tissue is devastating to people already in poverty.  Our medical teams visit the colonies more than once a week to teach preventative care, and give exceptional care to the villagers by cleaning, medicating, and re-bandaging wounds.  Preventative care includes education and awareness of the causes of ulcers, providing home bandage kits, and routine inspections of hands, feet, eyes, and skin.  Any cut or abrasion is treated with antibiotics.

Nerve damage from leprosy also attacks the nerves of the eyes, leading to blindness.  Compounded by the loss of limbs and poor nourishment, the result is a life of pain, a struggle to survive, and often substance abuse.  All these physical factors are further exacerbated by the devastating rejection by a society where even churches to not welcome victims.

Ulcer and wound care for people it critical but difficult due to the isolation of the villages.  Many villagers have limited mobility and little, if any, means of leaving the colony to seek treatment from a doctor.  While our medical teams treat many patients’ wounds on site, they also schedule and arrange transportation to and from formal doctor or clinic appointments.

These programs have been successful due to the exceptional care provided by the medical teams, earning the patients’ trust.  Due to the high demand and need for these services, in 2009 Embrace a Village opened two permanent clinics staffed with physicians when possible.  This allows for a much larger inventory of medicine and treatments, as well as a permanent gathering place for treatment.