Blog Post

November 23, 2022

Improving Quality of Life: Palliative Care at CEML

At CEML, nurse Irene Westendorp had observed a need. Patients who had been diagnosed with terminal illnesses were often discharged to face the world alone. Should […]

June 20, 2022

Emerlinda

When Emerlinda came to CEML the 6-year old had already been vomiting up blood for days. Other medical professionals had been unable to diagnose her condition. […]

April 27, 2022

Perspectives on the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not yet behind us, but two years after cases were first reported in Angola, many friends of CEML may be wondering how […]

March 28, 2022

“A Light Shining in the Darkness.”

That is how Dr. Sam Chen has described his experience volunteering at CEML. Since his first visit in 2017 Sam has resolved to place his expertise […]

March 10, 2022

In Full Light

The original lights in the CEML operating theater were a generous donation from a hospital in Canada who had just phased them out. However, the lights […]

November 2, 2015

River Blindness in Angola

CEML Ophthalmologist, Dr. Steve Collins, recently returned from a two-week trip to the central Angolan village of Andulo. The people living in this remote community have […]

October 6, 2014

My Day

Dr. Nicolas Comninellis cared for three young patients. Each had succumbed to rapid onset coma and hemiplegia (paralysis that affects one side of the body). Each […]

August 7, 2014

Brain Tumor

Feliciano, a 6 year old boy, was accompanied by his dad, who explained how over the last 4 months his son has lost the use of […]

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