From late September to late November, he was at St. John of God Hospital in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, to support the strengthening of the center's activities in the aftermath of the Ebola epidemic in that country, as well as in Liberia and Guinea Conakry in 2014 and 2015.
Dr. Rogelio works in the pediatric and emergency departments, among others, where numerous critical cases of children with malaria, sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis, and other conditions arrive.
In the photo above, Dr. Rogelio appears with Brother Michael Koroma, director of SJD Hospital in Lunsar.
She is also supporting the organization of the HIV and TB clinic and participating in the teaching activities at the hospital's nursing school.
Rogelio Lopez-VĂ©lez is a physician specializing in internal medicine, an expert in infectious diseases, an associate professor, and head of the National Reference Unit for Imported Tropical Diseases at the RamĂłn y Cajal University Hospital.
He has also been a regular contributor to Juan Ciudad NGO for years and has participated as a volunteer in numerous projects carried out at OHSJD international centers in Africa.
Texts: Belén Jiménez, Head of Volunteering at JCONGD.
Photos: Dr. Rogelio Lopez-VĂ©lez
