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Our Media Team has created a beautiful video that takes you through our hospital. Enjoy watching.  

If you have a hernia, pay attention! November is at Lion Heart Medical Centre in Yele. We offer all hernia & hydrocele surgeries for reduced prices. LHMC is an NGO-hospital located in the heart of Sierra Leone, in Yele Town, Gbonkolenken Chiefdom, Tonkolili District. We offer high-quality healthcare at a small price. The whole month…

In the month of September the Lion Heart Medical Centre welcomed Dr. Danique, who travelled from Holland to train us on ETAT (Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment). ETAT is a course that specifically focuses on children between the ages of 0-5 years. The training lasts for a period of one month and the purpose is…

Lion Heart Medical Centre is located in Yele in the rural heart of Sierra Leone. A majority of the staff come from bigger towns in other parts of the country, for whom it is a big challenge to find good housing with basic facilities (light & running water) in Yele. The hospital tries to provide…

This woman is Isatu Mansaray, a 30 years old patient at LHMC. On the 29th of September she was referred from Baomahun village to our hospital because of a big swelling in the low jaw going all the way down to the neck. After lab investigation, she was diagnosed with Dental Abscess, a problem we…

This is Sia Mattia, a 25-year old woman from a village in Kono District. One unfortunate day in June, Mattia was carrying food to the farm when a tree suddenly fell on the road where she was walking, right on top of her. Her left leg was completely cut off, the right lower leg severely…

Lion Heart Medical Centre is on the way to become sustainable and completely run by Sierra Leoneans in 2026. Having a Media Team that is both local ànd professional is vital as they showcase the hospital to Sierra Leone and the world. Our newly established team consists of people who work in LHMC every day:…

As a teaching hospital we work together with several universities and medical institutes in the country. One of our ambitions is to strengthen the Sierra Leonean health system as a whole by training our own staffers ànd providing many internship opportunities. At the moment we have the biggest batch of nursing students in the history…

Finally, the time had come for the opening of the Patient Waiting House! The construction started in early 2023, but was halted several times due to financial constraints. The communication officer of the Lion Heart Foundation in the Netherland Max Kooijmans had the honor of opening the building. The festive opening ceremony was well attended…

About half a year ago we closed the fundraising ‘Start them right’ with an amazing result. The aim of the fundraising project is to improve maternal and neonatal health in our catchment area. Over the past months, we have been working hard to reach this goal and we will continue to do so. For example,…