Mission Impossible: Cardiac Surgeon Volunteers in Kenyan Mission Hospital

When CHI St. Vincent cardiothoracic surgeon S. Thomas Rayburn, III, MD, boarded the first of the three planes that would take him to Nairobi, Kenya for a mission trip in March of 2015, he realized that he was entirely alone.

“It was my first visit,” he says, “and I didn’t know anyone there.” He also didn’t speak Swahili, the native language, which meant he would be reliant upon an interpreter for communications throughout his visit.

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