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Floating Hospitals in Bangladesh

A working trip to cover the work of floating hospitals in Bangladesh and MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) who serve the hospitals by flying in doctors, surgeons and medical supplies to remote and waterlogged parts of the country

The images were posted direct from Bangladesh as the trip progressed

	The MAF floating plane approaches the 'Friendship' hospital boat at Gaibanda
	Pilot, Marco paddles the plane to the shore to secure the anchor
	Co-Pilot Babu enlists a little local help to secure the plane to the shore
	The Gangway to the IMPACT floating hospital
	Patients walk from the shore to the ship
	Welcoming committee Children gather at the shore side of the 'Friendship' boat
	Women waiting for preliminary eye tests
	A man with cataracts looks out from the boat the shore
	Eye test
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	Preliminary eye tests are carried out in the corridor or any available space on the crowded ship
	Awaiting cataract surgery