20th Jul 2016
Passion for Aussie rules football drives PNG patient recovery
A passion for playing Australian rules football is motivating a PNG patient’s recovery after an Interplast team operated on his injured arm earlier this year.
A passion for playing Australian rules football is motivating a PNG patient’s recovery after an Interplast team operated on his injured arm earlier this year.
Read about the newest of Interplast’s country programs, Bhutan, and the fantastic outcomes of the recent April visit to Thimphu and Mongar.
Read about the exciting developments in our programs in Bangladesh, where our local partners are now taking the lead in delivering microsurgery training following several years of Interplast assistance and development.
Read about nurse Cecilia’s first experience volunteering for Interplast in PNG, and what drives her to do this type of work.
Read about our recent visit to Murun, in rural Mongolia, where our team had to travel 700km by road to reach the hospital, in -15 degree temperatures!
We are proud to announce that Interplast is the official charity partner of the 2016 Ironman Australia event in Port Macquarie on May 1.
In late 2015, two Interplast volunteer nurse educators delivered a one-week training program at the Tungaru Central Hospital in Tarawa, Kiribati, generously supported by the Rotary Club of Brighton.
Part two in our series of inspirational Interplast women – celebrating International Women’s Day 2016, featuring volunteer anaesthetist Liz Bashford
Part two in our series of inspirational Interplast women – celebrating International Women’s Day 2016, featuring plastic surgeon Dr Myitzu Win, from Myanmar.
Part one in our series of inspirational Interplast women – celebrating International Women’s Day 2016, featuring volunteer physiotherapist Jenny Ball
Our team of nurse educators have had a successful week in Honiara, delivering a continuation of our nurse training program based at the National Referral Hospital.
February has been a busy month at Interplast, with training and mentoring at the fore in seven countries, alongside reconstructive and plastic surgical programs.