Our First Trip to The Gambia

Dr. Sulayman Jallow (Right) and Dennis West (Left)

In April 2018, Dr. Jallow and Dennis headed out to Africa for their first 2 week trip to the Gambia.  This trip was the starting point for ECG.  Along with boxes of much needed medication, Dr Jallow and Dennis brought along a fundus camera,  a new ARK and a B-scan ultrasound, which were all  donated.  While Dr. Jallow was busy examining patients; Dennis was working with the tech staff, training them on the proper exam techniques with the ultrasound and OCT.  They were able to identify a group of patients that would benefit from intra-vitreous injections of medication.   They had brought enough medication to treat each patient with the follow up treatment for months to come. In addition Dr Jallow preformed a laser treatment with the instrument that the hospital had on site.