We have arrived! Early wake-up call tomorrow morning for our pre-operative clinic at Hospital General Plaza de la Salud followed by our first afternoon of joint replacement operations.
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Team members have made trips in 2008 and 2009 to the Dominican Republic as part of Operation Walk Boston.
The goal of Operation Walk Boston is to improve the quality of life for impoverished patients through the direct and indirect delivery of orthopedic health care.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
About Us
Operation Walk Boston, established in 2007 by Dr. Thomas Thornhill and Dr. Richard Scott from the Department of Orthopedics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, strives to improve the quality of life for impoverished patients through the direct and indirect delivery of orthopedic health care. We accomplish this directly by reducing the disabling burden of advanced joint disease and trauma through orthopedic surgical intervention, and indirectly through the education of local orthopedic staff and other healthcare providers.
Specific Goals of Operation Walk Boston:
* Provide free joint replacement and rehabilitation services to individuals around the world who would otherwise be unable to afford or receive such care.
* Educate local health care providers in delivery of such surgical procedures and post-operative rehabilitation.
Our volunteer team is comprised of healthcare professionals from Brigham and Women's Hospital and other Boston area hospitals including surgeons, anesthesiologists, medical physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists and other critical operating room personnel.
Specific Goals of Operation Walk Boston:
* Provide free joint replacement and rehabilitation services to individuals around the world who would otherwise be unable to afford or receive such care.
* Educate local health care providers in delivery of such surgical procedures and post-operative rehabilitation.
Our volunteer team is comprised of healthcare professionals from Brigham and Women's Hospital and other Boston area hospitals including surgeons, anesthesiologists, medical physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists and other critical operating room personnel.
Team Operation Walk Boston
Team members have made trips in 2008 and 2009 to the Dominican Republic as part of Operation Walk Boston.
How You Can Help
Operation Walk Boston is planning to return to the Dominican Republic for a third mission in March 2010. We ask for your support in making this trip a reality. Your support will help us in our mission to relieve the physical, emotional, and social suffering caused by the severe disabling effects of degenerative joint disease and trauma.
Every mission requires compassionate volunteers who receive no financial compensation for their time and skills. We are fortunate to be associated with dedicated medical equipment suppliers that have donated the costly instruments and joint implants. Yet even with this generous donation, our last mission to the Dominican Republic cost nearly $100,000 more than the donated equipment.
By making a donation you will help us to fund our trip to the Dominican Republic and the many needs associated with this trip including travel, accommodations, delivery of cargo, and other related expenses.
Every mission requires compassionate volunteers who receive no financial compensation for their time and skills. We are fortunate to be associated with dedicated medical equipment suppliers that have donated the costly instruments and joint implants. Yet even with this generous donation, our last mission to the Dominican Republic cost nearly $100,000 more than the donated equipment.
By making a donation you will help us to fund our trip to the Dominican Republic and the many needs associated with this trip including travel, accommodations, delivery of cargo, and other related expenses.
Donate Now
Contact Us
For more information on Operation Walk Boston contact:
Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS
Operation Walk-Boston
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-732-6853
Fax: 617-277-1078
Email: rghazinouri@partners.org
Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS
Operation Walk-Boston
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-732-6853
Fax: 617-277-1078
Email: rghazinouri@partners.org
4 comments:
Hi All,
Just wanted to let you know that you are the topic of much discussion back at the BWH and that the consensus is that you are undeniably "the best"! I hope that you healing many bodies and minds and that your experiences are life changing for both you and your patients. The world is a better place because of people like you!! I hope your experience is chock-full of smiles. Come back with wondrous stories...I will be eager to listen!!
Fondly,
George Coggeshall (from in-patient rehab)
Great picture! So glad everyone arrived safely! You are doing important work. 'Will look forward to more pictures and your stories.
Barb, Nancy, and Tony
Hello all,
Not only does "supportbob" wish you well, the rehab sups also wish you well.
You are all doing an amazing thing for these people! Margaret let me know if you can come and talk to my class about your experience. Keep up the good work.
Penny
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