Almost Speechless
Almost Speechless
A message from the Executive Director of Galen Center for Professional Development, in partnership with Whisper’s Children’s Hospital Jinja, Uganda, and Healing the Children, Kentucky.










Almost Speechless
A message from the Executive Director of Galen Center for Professional Development, in partnership with Whisper’s Children’s Hospital Jinja, Uganda, and Healing the Children, Kentucky.
Our first day in Jinja, Uganda.
Learning so much!
Vincent and Musa, our great new friends at #Whispers.
Hotel mindmapping.
The beautiful fount of the Nile, Mahatma Ghandi, this amazing country & amazing people working together for global, outcome driven heathcare.
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Delivering a World of Health and Hope.
Our second container shipment of the year is on its way to Uganda! Over the years, we have supplied short-term mission teams that work across the country but this month we sent our first 40′ ocean-going container to Jinja, Uganda!
The story of this container has been two years in the making. A young boy named Patrick had been suffering from an undiagnosed heart condition in his hometown of Jinja. Whisper’s Magical Children’s Hospital, the local hospital in Jinja,was not able to provide the necessary medical treatment. The Louisville chapter of the national nonprofit Healing the Children worked with Norton Children’s Hospital to have Patrick flown to Louisville for treatment. Unfortunately, the condition had taken its toll on Patrick’s small bodyPhoto courtesy of Whisper’s Children Hospitaland he died soon after arriving in Louisville. Rebecca Dixon, Patrick’s host mom in Louisville, vowed that no child from Jinja should suffer from a lack of medical care.Working with Debi McDonald, one of SOS’s longtime partners and Executive Director of Louisville’s Healing the Children chapter, Rebecca pulled together a coalition of advocates to send supplies and equipment to Whisper’s Magical Children’s Hospital in Patrick’s hometown. As we loaded the container at SOS headquarters, it was a celebration and a recognition that one child’s heartbreaking story can lead to the hope of medical treatment for an entire community. Members of the Greater Louisville Medical Society Alliance’s mission team and Galen School of Nursing plan to make two medical mission trips to Jinja once the container arrives. We will be sure to update you on the stories of lifesaving treatment these supplies will bring!SOS would like to thank Mercy Health Anderson, Baptist Health Paducah, Norton Healthcare and Hardin Memorial Hospital for donating the equipment that was included in this container.Debi McDonald (third from left) and Rebecca Dixon (center) with the SOS team after loading the container.
My Life as a Future Surgeon.
A huge shout out to Kathy Mershon, Galen College of Nursing’s Chairperson of their governing board, Susan Mahoney and Chris Howatt for extending our NDR resources to pediatric nurses and physicians in Uganda!
Galen Center for Professional Development has had another wonderful time at the #ANPD 2018 Convention! The nation’s health depends on nursing, and it is our pleasure and privilege to spend time with such innovative and driven people, working to make healthcare a business of caring.