24 patients provided humanitarian ankle and foot surgery at Bai Chay hospital
Friday, 15/06/2018 11:11 (GMT+7)
A humanitarian foot malformation surgery program 2018 was carried out by doctors from the US’s Prosthetics Outreach Foundation (POF), a non-governmental organization, at Bai Chay hospital in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, from June 11th to 13th.
Doctors are conducting a surgery (Photo: qtv.vn)
36 patients with congenital malformations, or complications after trauma or surgery in the ankle and foot, were examined and diagnosed by international doctors on June 11th.
During two remaining days, the doctors carried out 24 orthopedic surgeries and rehabilitated ankles and feet for patients.
The program aimed to help the patients to walk, live and work ordinarily, as well as offer good chance for doctors from Bai Chay hospital to exchange experience and access advanced methods and techniques about ankle and foot orthopedic surgery in the world./.
BTA
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