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DESCRIPTION:This week our guest speaker is Vincent Lo from from Mercy Ships
    Mercy Ships began our mission to provide hope and healing to those in 
 need in 1978. Each year we send hospital ships filled with volunteer profe
 ssionals who selflessly provide life-changing surgeries to children and ad
 ults who otherwise would go without. Together we are saving lives.   Abou
 t Mercy Ships: Mercy Ships is an NGO with the largest civilian hospital sh
 ips\, having a primary focus on bringing free surgical care to the people 
 of Africa. Our aim is to bring world class medical care to the people of A
 frica\, where safe\, affordable and timely surgical care is severely lacki
 ng\, On top of providing 100% free surgical care to these forgotten poor\,
  we also provide teaching and training to the local healthcare workers\, i
 n order to strengthen the county's health care system. Our crew consist of
  volunteers from over 40 different nations\, and we choose to be self fund
 ed for our services\, in order to facilitate maximum amount of donations t
 o be utilised for our work for the patients.      About Vincent: I am t
 he Senior Pharmacist onboard the Africa Mercy\, one of the 2 ships in our 
 fleet of hospital ships serving the people of Africa. I recently returned 
 from my 2nd term with Mercy Ships\, spending 16 months onboard\, out of th
 ose\, 10 months in Senegal\, West Africa. My job is involved in the clinic
 al side of providing medications to all parts of the hospital\, as well as
  servicing the 600+ local and international crew member onboard. And also\
 , the logistical side of sourcing and arranging all the medicines require 
 to supply the work we do. I was at a unique position to interact with all 
 the patients receiving surgeries onboard\, as well as pretty much all the 
 crew members. So it is more than just counting tablets and typing labels! 
 Moreover\, I will be departing Melbourne on the 25th August to return to S
 ierra Leone and Madagascar for my 3rd field service\, this time for 28 mon
 ths.       
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SUMMARY:Mercy Ships - Vincent Lo
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style=
 "font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;">This week our guest speaker is 
 Vincent Lo from from Mercy Ships</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="text-align
 : center\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="fo
 nt-size:22px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;"><sp
 an style="color:#0000CD\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\
 ;">Mercy Ships began our mission to provide hope and healing to those in n
 eed in 1978. </span></span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="text-align: cen
 ter\;"><span style="font-size:22px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,gen
 eva\,sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#0000CD\;"><span style="caret-color:
  rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\;">Each year we send hospital ships filled with volu
 nteer professionals who selflessly provide life-changing surgeries </span>
 </span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="
 font-size:22px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;"><
 span style="color:#0000CD\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102
 )\;">to children and adults who otherwise would go without. Together we ar
 e saving lives.</span></span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="text-align: c
 enter\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="caret-co
 lor: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetic
 a Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:1
 6px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;">About Mercy 
 Ships:</span></span></div>\n\n<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="ca
 ret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;He
 lvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-
 family: tahoma\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Mercy Ships is a
 n NGO with the largest civilian hospital ships\, having a primary focus on
  bringing free surgical care to the people of Africa. Our aim is to bring 
 world class medical care to the people of Africa\, where safe\, affordable
  and timely surgical care is severely lacking\, On top of providing 100% f
 ree surgical care to these forgotten poor\, we also provide teaching and t
 raining to the local healthcare workers\, in order to strengthen the count
 y&#39\;s health care system. Our crew consist of volunteers from over 40 d
 ifferent nations\, and we choose to be self funded for our services\, in o
 rder to facilitate maximum amount of donations to be utilised for our work
  for the patients. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></div>\n\n<div data-setdir="false"
  dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; fo
 nt-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;
 ">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: 
 rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neu
 e&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;
 "><span style="font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;">About Vincent:</s
 pan></span></div>\n\n<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="caret-color
 : rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica N
 eue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px
 \;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,geneva\,sans-serif\;">I am the Senior
  Pharmacist onboard the Africa Mercy\, one of the 2 ships in our fleet of 
 hospital ships serving the people of Africa. I recently returned from my 2
 nd term with Mercy Ships\, spending 16 months onboard\, out of those\, 10 
 months in Senegal\, West Africa. My job is involved in the clinical side o
 f providing medications to all parts of the hospital\, as well as servicin
 g the 600+ local and international crew member onboard. And also\, the log
 istical side of sourcing and arranging all the medicines require to supply
  the work we do. I was at a unique position to interact with all the patie
 nts receiving surgeries onboard\, as well as pretty much all the crew memb
 ers. So it is more than just counting tablets and typing labels! Moreover\
 , I will be departing Melbourne on the 25th August to return to Sierra Leo
 ne and Madagascar for my 3rd field service\, this time for 28 months.</spa
 n></span></div>\n\n<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: 
 rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neu
 e&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div data-se
 tdir="false" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\,
  0\, 0)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 
 sans-serif\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;</p>
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