Sharing the love beyond borders... practicing true medicine
[April 8, 2013]
Professor Kim, Yong Ha participates in the project of offering free surgeries to children with congenital facial deformities in Vietnam and Laos.
Professor Kim, Yong Ha (Department of Plastic Surgery) provided medical services in Vietnam for one week from March 24 to March 30. This volunteer medical service was conducted as a medical NGO project called 'Global Care', and has been continuing for the past 16 years.
The Global Care volunteers is made up mainly of plastic surgery teams from 8 universities (YU, Kyungpook National University, Kyung Hee University, Dong-A University, Pusan National University, Soonchunhyang University, Ajou University, and Yonsei University) and 5 hospitals (Seoul Samsung Medical Center, Seoul Asan Medical Center, ID Hospital, Yonsei Teun-teun Pediatric Hospital, Eastman Orthodontic Center). Every year, they give free operations to children with congenital facial deformities like cleft lip and palate in the Indochina region such as Vietnam and Laos.
A total of 35 people including 12 doctors of plastic surgery, 4 doctors of anesthesiology, 1 doctor of pediatrics, 1 dentist, 9 nurses and 8 social workers of Global Care went to Vietnam and Laos to provide volunteer medical services.
The medical team made up of Korea's finest plastic surgery doctors used the drugs and surgical tools that they brought from Korea to provide free operations to patients from all around Vietnam at Xayaboury province hospital. In addition to free operations, the volunteer team also provided free medical checkups, hospital bills and transportation costs to come and go from the hospital.
Questions: YU Department of Plastic Surgery Research lab ☎ 82-53-620-3140, 3480
