R.E.S.T.O.R.E Worldwide Inc. partners with LocAfrique to provide 100 free reconstructive surgeries in Senegal
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November 30, 2021 8:01 AM
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Michael K. Obeng and the R.E.S.T.O.R.E (Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding Reconstructive Efforts) (www.RestoreWorldwide.org) team of healthcare volunteers in collaboration with LocAfrique, a leading leasing financial institution in Senegal will be providing free reconstructive surgery to 100 patients in Senegal.
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Michael K. Obeng and the R.E.S.T.O.R.E (Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding Reconstructive Efforts) (www.RestoreWorldwide.org) team of healthcare volunteers in collaboration with LocAfrique, a leading leasing financial institution in Senegal will be providing free reconstructive surgery to 100 patients in Senegal.
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The medical mission commences from the 4th-10th December 2021. Consultations and all surgeries will take place at Hôpital Principal De Dakar. Due to the current wave of COVID-19, safety precautions will be amplified and implemented on sites to ensure that all regulations are being met or exceeded. This will be the 14th year in a row that the R.E.S.T.O.R.E team and Dr. Obeng have embarked on such a humanitarian mission. Other countries in the past have included Gabon, Guatemala, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria and Ghana, Dr. Obeng’s home country of birth. The management of Hôpital Principal De Dakar, Professor Abdou Razac Ndiaye and Dr. Lam are thrilled to be welcoming and hosting this year's medical mission. The procedures to be performed includes but not limited to: Head and neck tumour resection and reconstructionBurn reconstructionBreast reductionMastectomies and breast reconstructionTrunk and extremities reconstructionAbdominal wall reconstructionExcisions of benign tumoursIntersex surgeriesFoot and ankle surgeries. “It is very humbling to be able to change the narrative in a community, and to be able to bring hope into communities that have been devastated because somebody does not look like ‘all of us’. I'm very thankful to all the volunteers over the years, the ones who have donated money, ones who have donated their time, and the ones who pray for us. Without none of these people, all the good work we have done wouldn’t have been possible,” says Dr. Michael K Obeng. |
This year’s team is comprised of 34 medical volunteers from five different countries and three different continents. Some of the returning volunteers include Dawn Sutherland, former Xerox Executive and Director of International Relations for R.E.S.T.O.R.E, Dr. Barry Freeman, Chief of Anaesthesia services MiKO Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills and Dr. Paa-Ekow Hoyte-Williams, Chief of Plastic Surgery at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. Dr. Mehmet Atila, Director at The Medical Inn in Düsseldorf, Germany and Dr. Bertin Dembele from Mali, will be among the list of volunteers.
The medical mission to Senegal has been made possible by LocAfrique’s General Director, Khadim BA, who shares the same sentiments as Dr. Obeng that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.
“We are very pleased to be part of this selfless humanitarian medical mission which will unquestionably afford our communities access to world-class healthcare that is generally out of their reach”, concludes Mr Khadim BA, General Director at LocAfrique.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Restore Worldwide.
For more information or media enquiries, please contact Phindile Nxumalo on +27 71 787 7002 or email: phindile@restoreworldwide.org
The medical mission to Senegal has been made possible by LocAfrique’s General Director, Khadim BA, who shares the same sentiments as Dr. Obeng that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.
“We are very pleased to be part of this selfless humanitarian medical mission which will unquestionably afford our communities access to world-class healthcare that is generally out of their reach”, concludes Mr Khadim BA, General Director at LocAfrique.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Restore Worldwide.
For more information or media enquiries, please contact Phindile Nxumalo on +27 71 787 7002 or email: phindile@restoreworldwide.org
Another medical mission and support act with Dr. Atila in Ghana
(MENAFN Editorial) In October 2018, the specialist for plastic and aesthetic surgery Dr. Atila from Dusseldorf, Germany, started another medical mission in Ghana and supported people in need.
Africa, having about 1.3 billion inhabitants and covering about 22% of the earth's total land area, is one of the three largest continents on earth. 54 states, 3,000 ethnic groups and more than 2,000 languages derive from the continent. Ghana being a West African State has about 30 million inhabitants. Due to its modern policies and thanks to the numerous missions of international health workers Ghana is relatively advanced in comparison to other African countries.
Nevertheless, Ghana still struggles with numerous tropical diseases and basic medical requirements, why help and support are of great value. As the need for help is still widely spread the number of helpers is far from enough. Especially, doctors are being sought for longer-term missions. Therefore, the organization ReStore Worldwide supports doctors who are willing to provide medical assistance in developing countries such as Ghana.
Here from 14 to 19 October, a new mission took place in the city of Bolgatanga located in the north of the country on the border to Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world. The founder and managing director of the Medical Inn Clinic Dr. Atila and Dr. Michael K. Obeng (CEO and founder of ReStore Worldwide) helped again - without any money, many poor people who cannot afford an operation and suffer a lot of pain. Due to an ongoing lack of a modern health systems in many African countries such as Ghana, patients have no access to plastic and reconstructive surgery. Only through such operations on site it is possible for patients to return to normal life.
A total amount of 76 patients were operated on, including many children with burn contractures.
"It simply feels good and right to help people out of their distress. My patients from Germany even gave me cuddly toys for the mission which we distributed to the children before the operation," emphasizes Dr. Atila.
For several years, the specialist for plastic and aesthetic surgery has been saving numerous lives in developing countries through such projects, and the number is rising because of missions like the one in Bolgatanga.
Africa, having about 1.3 billion inhabitants and covering about 22% of the earth's total land area, is one of the three largest continents on earth. 54 states, 3,000 ethnic groups and more than 2,000 languages derive from the continent. Ghana being a West African State has about 30 million inhabitants. Due to its modern policies and thanks to the numerous missions of international health workers Ghana is relatively advanced in comparison to other African countries.
Nevertheless, Ghana still struggles with numerous tropical diseases and basic medical requirements, why help and support are of great value. As the need for help is still widely spread the number of helpers is far from enough. Especially, doctors are being sought for longer-term missions. Therefore, the organization ReStore Worldwide supports doctors who are willing to provide medical assistance in developing countries such as Ghana.
Here from 14 to 19 October, a new mission took place in the city of Bolgatanga located in the north of the country on the border to Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world. The founder and managing director of the Medical Inn Clinic Dr. Atila and Dr. Michael K. Obeng (CEO and founder of ReStore Worldwide) helped again - without any money, many poor people who cannot afford an operation and suffer a lot of pain. Due to an ongoing lack of a modern health systems in many African countries such as Ghana, patients have no access to plastic and reconstructive surgery. Only through such operations on site it is possible for patients to return to normal life.
A total amount of 76 patients were operated on, including many children with burn contractures.
"It simply feels good and right to help people out of their distress. My patients from Germany even gave me cuddly toys for the mission which we distributed to the children before the operation," emphasizes Dr. Atila.
For several years, the specialist for plastic and aesthetic surgery has been saving numerous lives in developing countries through such projects, and the number is rising because of missions like the one in Bolgatanga.
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GHANADuring September 19th to September 28th, 2014, R.E.S.T.O.R.E. collaborated with FirstCare Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana to bring a humanitarian medical project focused on women in Ghana. The collaboration was between FirstCare medical facility and its staff and R.E.S.T.O.R.E. Worldwide, Inc. (R.E.S.T.O.R.E.); a United States based non-profit private medical services organization. This mission was made possible by a team of volunteer medical professionals who kindly dedicated their time to make the trip to Ghana.
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GUATEMALAIn late 2010, the R.E.S.T.O.R.E. Foundation partnered with the Mission of Love Foundation which is based in Guatemala to help children affected by conditions that required reconstructive surgery. Most of the children treated by the R.E.S.T.O.R.E. Foundation team were born with a cleft palate which prohibits their lips from correctly forming and also causes problems such as difficulty breathing.
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