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

  • Rwanda

  • Jordan

  • Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Jenin

  • Tajikistan

  • Cameroon

  • Mali
  • Madagascar
  • Sierra Leone
  • Mexico

MISSION REPORTS

Léo, October 2024

Clinic Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo from 20.10.2024 to 29.10.2024.

 

This time, Interplast Switzerland was in action with five people under the leadership of Dr. Jan Poëll. A successful mission with a broad spectrum of reconstructive surgery.

Read more details in the mission report. 

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Burkina Faso, October 2024

Clinique Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo from 10.10.2024 to 10.19.2024.

 

As part of our aim to improve breast cancer care and treatment, as well as breast reconstruction after breast resection, a team from Interplast Switzerland spent 10 days in Léo, Burkina Faso, doing just that. They performed major operations with very little equipment, and helped 15 women return to a normal life after diagnosis and initial treatment for breast cancer. Even the CEO of Motiva ®, a videographer and the Burkina Faso Minister of Health accompanied us. No two missions are alike.  

 

 

Read more about the latest mission in southern Burkina Faso.

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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.

 

 

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