World Orthopaedic Concern UK

WOC NEWSLETTER 100  May 2007, PAGE 4

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ZAMBIA

John Jellis sends his regular reports on the FLYSPEC Service he continues to give to the remote areas of Zambia. As senior surgeon and pilot he has completed thirty “flying” visits to Chilonga, Kalene Hill, Katete and Chitokoloki; 14 visits were made by road. John’s report includes a map of Zambia showing the towns and villages visited. It is like the chart a big innings at cricket!  His list of surgical procedures is huge and varied. Although it is generally conservative in regard to implants, it is radical in extent, including tumours, infections, congenital deformity and trauma, both new and old fractures, requiring bone grafts and fixation. His service remains essentially dependant upon external funding, much from the Netherlands. {“e” medorth@zamnet.zm}

MALAWI

Jim Harrison reports from Blantyre, where the new hospital is up and running. They retain the regular service from Richard Brueton and the training link with occasional registrar visits and regular professorial visits from Chris Lavy, who is now firmly entrenched in Oxford. {harrisons@africa-online.net}

PHILIPPINES

Louis Deliss writes as from the Palawan Trust, on whose behalf Socrates has extended his repertoire to include some modern surgical procedures. He recently attended a course on the Club Foot technique of Dr. Ponseti, held in Helsinki. His Palawan staff has increased to include a colleague trained in Manilla. In May of this year he has visited W.H.O. in Geneva to receive the Sasakawa Health Prize for 2007. This prestigious award comes from the Trust of the Japanese Philanthropist, and bears his name. It is awarded for  “Outstanding Innovative Work” in the field of Health and was presented in the course of the Sixtieth World Health Assembly.

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