New Knees for the Congo
Tax deductible
Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) will be traveling to the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo in July 2016. It will be the team’s fourth medical mission. www.wogo.org
WOGO is a group of 6 female orthopaedic surgeons who lead the team and perform the joint replacement surgeries during our trips. Tirelessly working on pre-trip logistics and traveling with the surgeons is a 50-plus team of volunteer medical professionals that includes:
Anesthesiologists, Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Surgical Technicians, Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Implant Representatives, Team Leaders, Volunteers, Students and Interpreters.
The surgeons and the support team will spend a week in Kinshasa. All knee replacement surgeries will be performed during the first few days of the trip to ensure that the WOGO team is on hand to monitor outcomes. The goal is to perform as many joint reconstruction surgeries, as time, and donations allow. For patients, the surgical procedure involves pre and post operative patient education and a two-to-four day stay in the hospital.
Rehabilitation is the focus of the latter part of the week. Physical Therapists conduct classes for patients and their families teaching and demonstrating safe techniques. Local physical therapists are trained on how to continue to assist patients with the rehabilitation process for these patients after the Team has returned to the United States.
The cost of bringing a full medical team of 50 people to the Congo is very high. Flights, lodging, ground transportation, feeding the team is all expensive. The surgeons and team members all donate their time and often take their vacation time to travel with WOGO. The team works extraordinarily hard to raise funding for the trips but we need your help.
Every dollar makes a difference. Your support of WOGO will change lives. The people of the Congo will be grateful and the WOGO team will be so grateful for your support. THANK YOU!
Watch the WOGO Story
WOGO is a group of 6 female orthopaedic surgeons who lead the team and perform the joint replacement surgeries during our trips. Tirelessly working on pre-trip logistics and traveling with the surgeons is a 50-plus team of volunteer medical professionals that includes:
Anesthesiologists, Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Surgical Technicians, Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Implant Representatives, Team Leaders, Volunteers, Students and Interpreters.
The surgeons and the support team will spend a week in Kinshasa. All knee replacement surgeries will be performed during the first few days of the trip to ensure that the WOGO team is on hand to monitor outcomes. The goal is to perform as many joint reconstruction surgeries, as time, and donations allow. For patients, the surgical procedure involves pre and post operative patient education and a two-to-four day stay in the hospital.
Rehabilitation is the focus of the latter part of the week. Physical Therapists conduct classes for patients and their families teaching and demonstrating safe techniques. Local physical therapists are trained on how to continue to assist patients with the rehabilitation process for these patients after the Team has returned to the United States.
The cost of bringing a full medical team of 50 people to the Congo is very high. Flights, lodging, ground transportation, feeding the team is all expensive. The surgeons and team members all donate their time and often take their vacation time to travel with WOGO. The team works extraordinarily hard to raise funding for the trips but we need your help.
Every dollar makes a difference. Your support of WOGO will change lives. The people of the Congo will be grateful and the WOGO team will be so grateful for your support. THANK YOU!
Watch the WOGO Story
Organizer
Susan Mabry Morgan
Organizer
Mount Airy, NC
Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach
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