17. March 2023

Clinic Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo from 03.03.2023 to 12.03.2023. Directly following the mission in Bamako, Mali, an Interplast Switzerland mission took place in Léo, Burkina Faso. In the well-known, well-equipped operating room of the Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo clinic, mainly keloids, scar contractures and malformations were operated on. Read more in the mission report.

17. March 2023

Golden Life Hospital in Bamako, Mali from 24.02.2023 to 03.03.2023. At the beginning of 2023, another mission of Interplast Switzerland took place in Bamako, Mali. In order to raise awareness about breast cancer, Interplast started the project to establish a breast center in the region and provide patients with reconstructive breast surgery. But like any new project in such an area, progress is slow. Therefore, the team also worked on the classic plastic reconstruction problems in the area,...

21. April 2022

Klinik Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo from 07.04.2022 to 14.04.2022. Interplast-Switzerland was again on a mission. It might have already become routine, one would think, since a large number of missions have already been organized by us in recent years. But nevertheless it is always exciting, uncertain, emotional and unpredictable to plan, execute and follow up such a mission. The focus in this mission was breast reconstruction in women with breast cancer. Learn more about the last mission...

16. February 2022

Golden Life Hospital in Bamako, Mali from 05.02.2022 to 12.02.2022. Interplast-Switzerland starts the new year with another mission in Bamako, Mali. At the Golden Life Hospital, with the cooperation of Association New Face, the team of Dr. med. V. Wedler is working in the operating room on numerous scar contractures, breast reconstructions and reconstructions in noma patients.

12. December 2021

Mission in the "Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédago" clinic in Léo Burkina Faso from 25 November to 04 December 2021 A mission was planned in Persis, Ouahigouya. But there were COVID 19 cases in Persis and therefore the health department in the clinic had quarantined the operating area for 14 days. This would still have been a solvable problem, but unfortunately there were attacks again very close to Ouahigouya, and we were advised not to come for security reasons. So we looked for solutions to...

07. December 2021

Mission in the "Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédago" clinic in Léo Burkina Faso from 1 October to 10 October 2021. Finally it was possible to plan a mission in Burkina Faso again. After prolonged increased turbulence and COVID-19 uncertainties, a small team was able to test the new situation and the new installations of the clinic in Léo, in the south of Burkina Faso.

24. December 2020

Clinique Médicale MEDITECH in Bamako, Mali from 4 December 2020 to 11 December 2020. At the beginning of December MD Volker Wedler took us to the banks of the Niger. Having already been in action to Mali for the third time, the area of mission was no longer new for us. The infrastructure existed. Patients could already be identified by pre-triage and support of Dr Moussa Baba Daou, the President of the Association New Face and Plastic Surgeon. It was indeed not sure up to 100% until shortly...

21. April 2020

The Surgical-Medical Hospital of the ASPSC (Association pour le Soutien et la Promotion de la Santé au Cameroun – Society for Support and Development of Health Care in Cameroon) in Bafoussam officially planned from 13 March 2020 to 27 March 2020. In the morning at 9 o’clock it started with travelling by a chauffeur. It was an interesting transfer taking us across mountains and a lot of green landscapes. The scheduled day of triage brought us some surprises as the local employee responsible...

01. April 2020

Martyr Khalil Hospital in Jenin, Palestine (West Bank) from 14 February 2020 to 21 February 2020 The mission has already entered its third round. This year a total of 28 surgeries were performed within 5 days, with most surgeries being contracture resolution with full skin coverage after burns or scalds. We were supported by the NGO PCRF (Palestine Child Relief Fund). The team gathered at Zurich Airport on the morning of February 14th. After check-in of the seven boxes of medical utensils and...

16. January 2020

Mission in the St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana from 23 November 2019 to 1 December 2019. After our evaluation trip in 2018, we decided to perform our first hand surgery mission in the St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua in Eastern Ghana. After a smooth flight, we were picked up with two buses in Accra by two brother monks. The following day we were driven to the St. Joseph Hospital about 2.5 h in the north. Reaching the hospital around noon, we were warmly welcomed by brother François...