On Sunday 17 November, 2416 participants took to the stairwells of Melbourne’s iconic Eureka Tower to raise money for Interplast and Whitelion!
In partnership with Inspired Adventures, Interplast is officially launching the Laos Trek and Cycle fundraising challenge!
In 2012, Interplast volunteers met Andrew and his mother in Apia in Samoa. Having injured his ankle severely while playing outside a few months earlier, his wound became septic and an exposed bone in his left leg required plastic and reconstructive surgical intervention.
Interplast is so proud to welcome Turia Pitt as our official ambassador! Announced at the recent 30th anniversary celebrations in Sydney, Turia was introduced to Interplast by her burns surgeons, long-serving Interplast volunteers, Associate…
An Interplast team of five, comprising one plastic surgeon, two anaesthetists and two nurses, recently returned from the second of a three year funded program to the rural region of Phonsavan in the north east of Laos.
From 6 to 15 July 2013, Interplast contributed to a one-week training activity focusing specifically on hand surgery and rehabilitation in Colombo in Sri Lanka. Based principally at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka as well as at Ragama Rehabilitation…
The adventurous fundraising initiative, Miles for Smiles, is gearing up for its departure in February 2014. After a few pit stops, unforeseen postponements and some fine tuning of all the required nuts and bolts, Interplast fundraisers…
May and June have been very busy months for Interplast teams – with 4 surgical and training program activities taking place overseas during the period.
During the most recent Interplast program to Laos, the Interplast team had the pleasure of meeting the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Bob Carr, when he visited the Mahosot General Hospital in Vientiane.
Interplast’s very special 30th anniversary is certainly attracting some attention. Promotional pieces, radio snippets and scheduled interviews are flowing in thick and fast!
On 10 and 11 May 2013, Interplast, in partnership with the University of Tasmania’s School of Medicine, ran a first of its kind Applied Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Skills Workshop in Hobart. Based in the state of the art laboratory and teaching facilities of the UTAS School of Medicine, nine …
Across the world, an estimated 195,000 deaths are caused by burns annually, with the vast majority occurring in low to middle income countries (WHO 2012). But, for every person who dies as a result of their burns, many more suffer permanent disfigurement. Without adequate care, burn injuries needlessly cause preventable disability.