NEXT PROJECT: Oudomxay Province (northwestern Laos)
Schedule: when funds available
Time: 2 weeks
Patients: 20 registered so far for cleft lip-palate operations
plus all those others who will arrive when a qualified
plastic surgery team is in the province
Operating Team
1) Dr. Bounthaphany Bounxouei
Deputy Director, Mahosot Hospital, Head of Cleft Lip-Palate Project
2) Dr. Mouy Virachit
Project Coordinator
3) Dr. Vanpheng Norasingh
Anesthetist, Assistant Project Coordinator
4) Assistant Anesthetist
5) Dr. Keutmy Khansoulivong
Plastic Surgeon
6) Assistant Plastic Surgeon
7) Ms. Somsy
Scrub Nurse
8) Assistant Scrub Nurse
9) Ms. Phonethip
Administrator and Social Worker
They‘re all staff at Mahosot Hospital. This number could vary if needed to assure the appropriate quality of services (assistant anesthetists, surgeons, scrub nurses …).
Support team: local, according to demand
The staff of the visited hospital should also be seen as a beneficiary here in terms of training. The expertise of the team is transmitted at least on an informal basis first (local surgeons observe all operations and local nurses are informed about their duties during anesthesia and after).
Budget: see next page