Dr. Margaret Mensah Receives Medical Books from BRUTE LABS

When we visited Dr. Margaret in the Banda Health clinic, one of her highest priority needs was some up to date medical books. Under the oversight of Dr. Margaret, the clinic provides low to no-cost health services to a large, remote population which would otherwise would have no access to affordable health care. Upon our return, we decided to take her request to heart, and asked some of our friends if they had any medical books that they would be willing to donate. A couple phone calls and emails later, we were able to get a hold of some amazing resources for Dr. Margaret, including a slew of brand new medical reference books. Now, the only issue was to figure out how to get these materials to the clinic, no small feat given the destination of Ghana, Africa. Using FedEx Economy, we discovered the shipping costs would run us a whopping $637! After asking around, we amazingly found someone who would be traveling to Ghana shortly and graciously agreed to bring the 45lbs of books with him! Gotta love partnership (and check-in luggage)!

Special thanks to Lauren Kim, Eugene Kim, and Joseph An for their generous donations. A big thanks goes out to Mr. Fletcher, who lugged the books over to Ghana for us. To find out why we love Dr. Margaret, please take a moment and read Meeting Heroes - Dr. Margaret Mensah