The Africa Mercy held the second main screening in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The setup of the place where the screening was held was completed on Friday afternoon and there was a security team present throughout the night. Many eye and dental patients were referred to the appropriate screenings. Three hundred people were seen by Mercy Ships medical personnel and sixty-three were scheduled for surgery, 96 were scheduled to return to the ship for a later surgeon screening, and 39 were waitlisted for surgery if a surgery slot becomes available. Some were referred to the Ponseti program, physiotherapy, and X-rays, while others we were unable to help. God provided a cloud cover to keep the day cool and the screening was peaceful without any disturbances. It was a good day.
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