For years, Kalunde lived with a growing goiter, an irregular enlargement of the thyroid. As it began to affect her health, she sought help from multiple hospitals in Dar es Salaam, only to hear the same response: the surgery was too risky. Kalunde’s sister, a former patient...
Pili attended a cervical cancer screening led by DCMC’s Community Health Department (CHD) in the rural Kongwa district. During her exam, a large pelvic lesion was discovered that was impacting her health and daily living. Unable to afford care, she was referred to DCMC for...
Faraja, a young father, came to DCMC from rural Dodoma with severely infected abrasions down his entire right side after a traumatic motorbike accident. His condition was so life threatening it was unclear how or if he would be able to recover. Faraja and his...