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[Washington, DC - April 23, 2012] Health Volunteers Overseas is delighted to announce the establishment of an orthopaedics program in Ethiopia linked with the Black Lion Hospital and the Myungsung Christian Medical Center in Addis Ababa.
Black Lion Hospital is an 800 bed government hospital on the grounds of Addis Ababa University and is the major referral hospital for the country. In 2007 a four story rehabilitation facility was opened which houses the Departments of Orthopedics and Physiotherapy.
Myungsung Christian Medical Center was opened in 2004. It has six operating rooms and 95 beds with 11 ICU beds. Two trained orthopaedic surgeons and residents from the Black Lion Hospital rotate through this center for clinical training.
The focus of the program will be to provide teaching and training to physicians, residents, and medical students in trauma, pediatric orthopaedics, knee arthroscopy, hand and upper extremity, foot and ankle, spine, general orthopaedics and other orthopaedic areas as needed. Volunteers will provide training in a variety of ways including conducting ward rounds, surgical demonstrations, bedside training and didactic lectures. Lectures will be provided to both residents and medical students during their various academic modules.
There will be four to six volunteers recruited each year for two to four week assignments. Volunteers should be active or retired physicians who are board eligible/certified in orthopaedics. Final year residents will be accepted if paired with an attending physician.
Health Volunteers Overseas is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to improve global health through the education of local health care providers. In 25 years of service, HVO's training has transformed lives through the design and implementation of clinical and didactic education programs in child health, primary care, trauma and rehabilitation, essential surgical care, oral health, blood disorders and cancer, infectious disease, nursing education and wound management. In more than 25 resource-poor countries, HVO volunteers train, mentor and provide critical professional support to health care providers who care for the neediest populations in the most difficult of circumstances. For more information, visit the HVO website.
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