Sea Mercy clinic brings health care to outer islands [1]
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 16:00. Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.
Free medical services are being provided this week to some of Tonga’s isolated islands through a “floating health care clinic”.
A non-profit health organisation “Sea Mercy” has a large sailing vessel in the group, providing free medical services from July 8-18.
Sea Mercy is working closely with the Tonga Ministry of Health and the vessel has a team of four American and seven Tongan medical staff.
Tonga is the first of eleven countries in Sea Mercy’s expedition to provide medical aid to remote Pacific Islands communities.