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A Walk Around the Rotaplast Ward
Cebu City, Philippines
October 16, 2012
The Rotaplast ward is run by our medical volunteers, who team up with local nurses from Vicente Sotto Hospital. Together, they do a fantastic job at tending to the pre-operation and post-operation patients. In addition to pre-screened children, our ward volunteers will see walk-in patients. A comfortable ward is an important component to the hospital because it is where our children begin and end their journey with surgery.
Below is a video giving a tour of our ward set-up (first day) at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.
"When you look at what can be accomplished by this team in an hour or two, you begin to think where else can you have as tangible an impact not just on the life of a child, but on the Read More »
Mabuhay! Hooray for the beginning of surgeries at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City, Philippines. Ron (Medical Director) who is always cool as a cucumber, reviews his notes before s... Read More »
During the final day at Vicente Sotto we ran the post-clinic, where we have a follow-up with the 55 patients who received surgery during the nine operating days. All of our days had special and rewarding m... Read More »
After breakfast, several team members met with Dr. Elizondo to discuss the mission and future opportunities for Rotaplast to work with them. He expressed thanks to the Rotaplast team for coming and assis... Read More »
Several more surgeries were performed on this last day. Perhaps one of the most under-rated, yet most valuable aspects of surgery is that of anesthesia. On television and in the movies, the anesthesiolog... Read More »
