Posts from 2019

Jul 30, 2019

Lets meet the Rotaplast team-အသင်းအဖွဲ့ part 2

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Hello again! Welcome to part 2 of our team introductions! Today we will meet Steve Brozosky, our medical records specialist, Quartermaster Dennis Bourassa, and our sterilizer and secondary photographer Tin... Read More »

Jul 30, 2019

Let’s meet Thwe-အောင်

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Thwe, အောင်,and his family joined us on the second day of clinic. His family is from Nay Pyi Taw and heard about the Rotaplast mission from the staff at General Hospital. Thwe’s parents are... Read More »

Jul 30, 2019

Lets meet Myat- မြတ်

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Myat- မြတ်- joins us from the Mandalay division, Paul township. Her parents heard about our mission on the radio and drove 300 kilometers to get here. We met Myat and her family on the first day of... Read More »

Jul 30, 2019

The power of facebook/social media-လူမှုမီဒီယာ

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Today we learned the power of Facebook and social media. So the word of the day is လူမှုမီဒီယာ (luumhu medeyar) or social media. Many people of Myanmar used social media, such as Face... Read More »

Jul 30, 2019

Life in the hospital ward ဆေးရုံရပ်ကွက်

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Hello again, in previous posts you have seen some pictures from our clinic, waiting room area, PACU and operating room. Now, lets see some pictures showing life in the hospital ward or ဆေးရုံ... Read More »

Jul 30, 2019

Lets meet the Rotaplast team-အသင်းအဖွဲ့ part 1

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Good morning! Lets take a moment now to meet the rest of the Rotaplast team- အသင်းအဖွဲ့ (aasainnaahpwal) Rotaplast in Burmese . In a previous post, you met lead pediatrician Dr. Brian S... Read More »

Jul 27, 2019

Happy ပျြောရှငျသော – Clinic day 4 operating day 3

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

We started our day being greeted by parents telling us how happy they are that the Rotaplast team is here to help their child. So, our theme today is happy, or ပျြောရှငျသော (pyayaya... Read More »

Jul 26, 2019

Transformations – အသွင်ပြောင်း – Clinic day 3 and day 2 of operations

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

The theme today is transformation or အသွင်ပြောင်း – aaswinpyaungg in Burmese. As you will see in the pictures below, our Rotaplast team is helping to transform lives and help ... Read More »

Jul 25, 2019

Teamwork (ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း)- clinic day 2 and day 1 of operations

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

The theme today is teamwork- ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း – (puupaunggsaungrwat hkyinn)- we wouldn’t be able to do our work without the help of the enti... Read More »

Jul 24, 2019

မဂႆလာပၝ- Good morning and welcome to clinic day 1

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

We started our day bright and early, eager to get a start on our first clinic day. After being introduced to the wonderful hospital staff, we met the lovely (and patiently waiting) people in the lobby. We ... Read More »

Jul 24, 2019

In the beginning….စတင်ရန်

Naypyitaw, Myanmar

With 36 boxes full of medical supplies and 22 team members in tow, we have begun our trip to Myanmar. I am Renee Paquier – the team historian. I hope you enjoy this journey/blog as we meet the people... Read More »

Feb 11, 2015

Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 4

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Now let’s walk over to join our hosts for the closing ceremony and lunch. Hey, look who it is! It’s Sumaya and her mom and dad. Sumaya was released from the hospital today and her father, who i... Read More »

Feb 11, 2015

Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 3

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Before we leave for our last lunch with our hosts, the Rotary Club of Agrabad, let’s take one more look at some before and after pictures Hamas Jumayna Kashfeya Lamea Mahabub Read More »

Feb 11, 2015

Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 2

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Now let’s see how our patients are doing at the Post-Op Clinic!! Hi Nurse Kim and Ashriful! and say hello to couple of our nurses from The Southern Medical College Hospital, Chittagong!! and here ar... Read More »

Feb 11, 2015

Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 1

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Good morning. We are on our last day in Chittagong, Bangladesh. 🙁 We will start off our morning visiting patients from yesterday and then conducting a post-op clinic that is open to all the patients tha... Read More »

Feb 5, 2015

Day 9 – Operation day 7- সুন্দর- Beautiful

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Good morning and welcome back. We are on our last day of surgery and tomorrow we will be going home. As we drove in this morning and passed the beautiful hills and countryside of Chittagong, it reminded me... Read More »

Feb 4, 2015

Day 9 – Operation day 6- হাসি – Smiles

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Good morning and welcome back!! We are now on day 9 of our mission and our 6th day of operations. The motto of Rotaplast International Inc. is, “Saving Smiles, Changing Lives.” So I thought an ... Read More »

Feb 3, 2015

Day 8 – Operation day 5- আশা – Hope

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Good Morning and welcome to operation day 5!! The theme today was inspired by a group of children I saw playing cricket this morning behind the hospital. Each of them hope that one day they will be able to... Read More »

Feb 2, 2015

Day 7 – Operation day 4- মানুষের সেবা – Service Above Self

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Good morning! After a day of rest yesterday we are back and ready to go with operation day 4!! The theme today is, service to others which was inspired by Nurse Kim and her quote of the day for the Read More »

Jan 31, 2015

Day 5 – Operation day 3- শান্তি – Peace

Chittagong, Bangladesh

We are now on operation day 3!! One of our first patients gave us the peace sign right before she went in for surgery so I decided that the theme today should something that is a universal wish for all- Read More »


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