What is Mercy Ships?
Mercy Ships is a non-governmental charity that’s been operating a fleet of hospital ships for 26 years. They are primarily surgery ships and all the healthcare is free. They pull into the poorest nations in the world, bring people onto the ship and operate on them. They also build wells and hospitals with field teams, but primarily they provide free surgery. How did you get involved? I was a nightclub promoter for many years and wanted to do a year of humanitarian service. I googled them because I heard there was a hospital ship and they weren’t hard to find. So you were looking specifically to work on a hospital ship? The idea of being with a bunch of surgeons who volunteered to operate for free sounded incredible and I’d always been interested in medicine. What was your life like in New York before you got involved with Mercy Ships? I was a party kid. I would travel around the world and throw parties. I would go to work normally at 11 and come back at 5, drunk… 5am? Yes, 5am. My life
