Earlier this year our volunteer surgical team visiting Laos was able to check the progress of young Seng.
Back in 2014 when Seng was just 18 months old, he pulled a rice-cooker of boiling water down on his head. His injuries included deep burns to his face and right hand, and the risk of going blind.
A local surgeon who had trained alongside Interplast teams treated Seng’s burns. Not long after, a visiting Interplast surgical team was able to work with the local surgeon to further treat the burns.
Our ambassador Turia Pitt accompanied this team.
“Little Seng was one of the patients who I met that stuck with me,” says Turia. “If not for Interplast, Seng would have been blind. It really hit home to me how lucky I was to get the treatment I did.”
Seng is now nearly five, and as you can see he is full of life and character, and our surgeons say he is developing well. They will check on his progress again next year.
We love hearing how he Seng is going, and seeing that infectious smile that brightens up our days! Thanks for being part of helping people like Seng all across the Asia Pacific.
