St. Joseph Hospital in Bébédjia, Chad, is a refuge for the local people, who have few other options. Sister Susan (above) agreed to attend medical school to fill the need at St. Joseph. Though not trained as surgeons, she and another Sister (Monica Luparello, below)...
Despite unbearable heat, lack of adequate medical equipment, and virtually non-existent roads, Comboni Brother Dr. Juan Carlos Salgado loves his job at St. Michael Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a Catholic mission in the south of the country. “I am happy to be here....
I was asked to move to a new village in the north of the country toward the end of November. It is never easy leaving one area to go to another, I have come to know many good people in the south, in my main village of Bodo and in the 126 surrounding villages that make...