INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC SURGERY FOR DEVELOPING AND CRISIS COUNTRIES
The INTERPLAST surgical teams are experienced plastic surgeons, anaesthetists
and surgical nurses making their holidays available for operations completely free of charge in developing countries.
Medicine and surgical instruments brought by the doctors as well as the charges of transport and accommodation of the team are funded by donations.
WE LEND OUR AID TO THE POOREST IN THE WORLD
All over the world, people suffer from diseases leaving bad scars and
disfigurement. Accidents involving burns or animal bites are also very common. Children in particular suffer from this and often have to struggle with it their whole lives.
In many crisis areas, people become victims of violent conflicts. Especially for children, these assaults are traumatizing and without any appropriate treatment,
normal life is impossible.
Doctors from INTERPLAST go to crisis areas free of charge in their free time to operate and treat people in need. In this way, children can be helped to live a life
of dignity that would otherwise be denied to them.
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INTERPLAST Switzerland has worked in the following areas so far:
- Ethiopia
- Burkina-Faso
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Tanzania
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Rwanda
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Jordan
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Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Jenin
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Tajikistan
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Cameroon
- Mali
- Madagascar
- Sierra Leone
- Mexico
MISSION REPORTS
Uganda, May 2024
Francis Hospital Mutolere, Kisoro, Uganda
24.05.2024 to 01.06.2024.
Almost a year after the first mission in Kisoro, Uganda, new and in some cases already familiar patients await the Interplast Switzerland team.
In addition to the typical burn contractures and keloids, this year we can also expect breast reconstructions, cleft lips and palates and numerous other birth defects.
In the field report, the members talk about their impressions and experiences.
Read now and find out more.
Mali, April 2024
Golden Life Hospital in Bamako, Mali from 06.04.2023 to 12.04.2023.
We have been working with the "New Face" organization and the Golden Life Hospital in Bamako, Mali, for eight years now. Once again this year, a team was dedicated to reconstructive surgery. Most of the patients were children suffering from scar contractures on their hands, facial noma or congenital defects. However, breast reconstructions after breast cancer were also performed, a project that Interplast Switzerland is increasingly trying to establish in developing countries.
Read all about the impressions of the last mission.
Ghana, January 2024
St Joseph Hospital in Koforidua in January 2024
After a four-year forced break due to the pandemic, Interplast Switzerland was able to carry out its second mission in Ghana.
A motivated team of specialists consisting of three hand surgeons, an anaesthesia team, two technical operating assistants (TOA), two occupational therapists and a cook travelled to Koforidua, three hours' drive from Accra, with great excitement about what to expect after four years of mission interruption.
Find out more about the entire mission and all operations in the mission report.