Students Provide Medical Care in Western Africa

This January, four Gustavus students traveled to Ghana to assist with care in a hospital, teach students about proper hygiene and learn more about medical care in a foreign setting. The students, junior biochemistry and molecular biology Major Alex Chubick, senior physics major Max Matheson, senior biology major Tom Ulsby, and senior biology major Anna Yost, traveled with connections from Africa Partners Medical.

“Ghana was more than I could have asked for. I was able to promote hygiene to young students, attend African church services, learn to draw blood, take children’s vitals, give immunizations to infants, and bond with babies, all while traveling in a place I’d only dreamed of going,” Yost said.Africa Partners Medical exists to bring medical supplies and support to African students and hospitals. The student’s experience was very positive.

Read details about their experience here.