A Day Unlike Any Other
by Anton Yudzitski A Day Unlike Any Other Last week, I had an unforgettable day. A tribal fight had broken out, and we were called to respond. I transported four patients, each accompanied by a caregiver. All four had been struck by wire catapults—homemade arrows. One had an arrow lodged in his leg, another in […]
Samaritan Aviation Readies Cessna 206 For PNG Service
CEO Mark Palm describes Samaritan Aviation’s coverage area. Credit: Bill Carey Operating from a hangar at Wewak/Boram Airport in the northern, coastal town of Wewak, Samaritan’s Cessna 206s serve 120 villages and 40 clinics along the 712-mi. Sepik River. Wewak is the capital of East Sepik province, which made the news recently when marauders attacked […]
When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned
The emergency phone rang and pilot Nick had our “standby floatplane” quickly heading to the Sepik river. When Nick arrived, he discovered that there were 2 snake bite victims: One of the victims, George, was conscious with severe symptoms. The other patient was a young girl who was mostly unconscious as her father placed her in the plane. Because […]
A Story of Hope & Healing
Words can’t explain the anxiousness we feel when we rush out to the aid of a pregnant woman. In a dense jungle surrounded by tribal warfare, and in an environment that is riddled with cases of tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera, we can only imagine the anxiousness that a pregnant woman would feel. We first met […]
August ‘22
When I heard from Pilot Luke: “I’m headed to May River tomorrow to pick up a Nakui (pronounced NAH-kwee) patient” about a hundred thoughts quickly went through my mind. But my primary thought was, “Great!” Let me explain. Only days before I had been at a jungle airstrip in the Nakui area, where Kristina asked me […]
Jessica’s Story
Recently we received an emergency call to medevac a laboring mother experiencing dangerously high blood pressure and having seizures as a result (eclampsia). When we arrived on the water’s edge, Jessica was unconscious, and we feared the outcome. We loaded the two into the plane and whisked them back to Wewak Boram Hospital where her […]
