Sagaing 2018 Team Member, Indra Tum, was Born and raised in Yangon, Myanmar (Formerly Burma) where she lived for 17 years and her parents still reside today. In 1988 she left home to attend school in Thailand as an international student and in 1991 moved to the United States to complete her undergraduate degree at...
Day 3 of surgery is well underway. Yesterday a surgical team from Kunming arrived on the invitation of the hospital and CPWF, our Chinese partner, to ensure that all of the eligible patients would receive their cleft lip and palate surgery. Over the next two and half days, they will handle the overflow of qualifying...
It’s Day Two in the OR for the Zhaotong 2018 mission. There are 7 surgeries on the schedule today, our first day for palate repairs. Patients range in age from 5 months to 12 years. Today was also the first day for rounds by the surgeons to see the patients from yesterday. They are recovering...
Question: What is the name of the blue ‘sleeve’ this little girl is wearing? Answer: These arm boards are called no-nos and are used to prevent babies from pulling their stitches.
