newcastle gateshead medical volunteers charity ball 2014
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NEWCASTLE /GATESHEAD
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS
Charity Ball 2014
Professor Deiary F Kader
Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon
NGMV Chairman
NGMV Charity2010
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Hospital staff
NGMV Objectives
Is to work with the local charities in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq to provide much needed
Orthopaedic Services
NEWCASTLE
IRAQ
2013
46 Operations
in a week
Dave Anderson and
Rob Halfon MPs
Supporting the
charity in Kurdistan
April 2010
July 2010Clinics
• Clinics: 400 patients seen
• Listed 30 for surgery
October 2010 Clinics:
180 patients seen
Surgery:
16 operations
DIY Drill
Breakage
MARCH 2011Clinics:
200 patients treated
Surgery:
32 Hip & Knee operations
OCTOBER 2011
Surgery: 25 Operations
Clinics: 160 seen
TEACHING
April 2012
Clinics: 130
Surgery: 42
October 2012
TeachingOctober 2012
Paediatric Course Professor Graf
Prof Graf
Infant
Hip U/S course
In Iraq
October 2012
Mrs. Talabani
The First Lady
of Iraq
Kath McCourt
Northumbria University
Sept 201312 ops
200 OPC
Sulaimani
March 2014Erbil
10 VISITS IN 4 YEARS• >70 members of our charity have visited Erbil
• Clinics: > 1500 patients
• Surgery: 250 intermediate and major operations of the hip and the knee joint.
• Regular review by us and the local doctors
• Teaching & Training: Hospital/University
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTARY WORK
• We acquire new skills. Learned how to cope
• Exposed to different culture and health system
• Opportunity to educate others
• Immense personal satisfaction
• Exciting adventure and good fun
Making Difference
Although we helped a relatively a small number of people
We made a big difference to some peoples life
Changed the medical practice in the hospitals that we worked at
LONG DAYS
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTARY WORK
• We acquire new skills.
• Exposed to different culture and health system
• Opportunity to educate others
Giving something Back
Helped relatively small number of people. We made a huge difference to peoples life
This Lady was seen in October last year. Hasn’t walked for 5 years. After the first knee replacement started
hobbling. Discharged in 3 days. Last month we did her other knee. She was very grateful that she could
walk again
Erbil CitadelOldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in History
8000 years old
Shanidar Cave
First adult Neanderthal skeleton in Iraq
Our partners and sponsors
• Nechirvan Health aid office Erbil
• Barzani Charity Foundation Erbil
• Freight Investor Services (FIS) London
• Orthopaedic industry
(DePuy, Stryker, Smith&Nephew, Arthrex & Ethicon)
• QEH staff
• Our Patients, Friends and Families
Special Thank You
• The Lord Mayor of Gateshead
• The Kurdish Government in London
• Gary Kent & Dave Anderson (MP)
• Event Team: Paula, Laura, Louise , Courtney
• Kim Inglis
• Sally Kevan (Even manager)
• All the charity ball Sponsors
www.ngmvcharity.co.uk