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Plastic Surgeons Save Lives in Haiti

By PSAuthority on Feb 18, 2010 in Plastic Surgery

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Plastic surgeons, as well as doctors in other specialties continue to work hard relieving the suffering in Haiti.

Here are some examples of this very good work which is saving lives.

Operation Smile Expands Its Medical Efforts To Help Earthquake …

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In response to the continued need for critical medical and surgical care for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Operation Smile, Inc. has further mobilized its global resources and sent three highly skilled medical teams and … The Operation Smile volunteer teams, which are comprised of 44 credentialed plastic and orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, therapists, critical care nurses, and technicians, will be deployed across three locations in Haiti. …

London surgeons fly out to save limbs of Haiti earthquake victims …

Ms Sansom, 42, who worked at St Thomas’ and University College Hospital before joining Merlin in 2001, said: “The team that we are sending out have got expertise in plastic surgery and limb salvage and hopefully they will be able to …

Dexter Daily Statesman: Local News: Kennett physician aids Haiti …

Kennett physician aids Haiti earthquake victims. Thursday, February 4, 2010. By GEORGE ANDERSON SEMO News Service. A Kennett orthopedic surgeon recently took time away from his schedule to travel to the disaster-stricken lands near Haiti …. She is going to need plastic surgery for skin grafting on the burn on the top of her forearm. That was very, very difficult. “Then there was another child who was probably more like two or three-years-old whose arm had been crushed …