In Memorium: Mrs Evelyn Low Tay MBE 1936 – 2020
It is extremely likely that if Jack Mustarde, founder of [...]
Volunteer Nurse Educator
Reconstructive surgery has an immense role to play in Africa [...]
Resurge Africa Directors Meet Minister of State
Resurge Directors attended a meeting this morning with Minister of [...]
Reconstructive Flap & Essential Burns Course
Reconstructive Flap Course - The Reconstructive Surgical Flap course ran [...]
Resurge Africa team visit Sierra Leone project
A visit by Resurge directors Martyn Webster and Catherine Liao [...]
Nurse Volunteer Opportunity – Holy Spirit Hospital
Resurge Africa is looking to recruit a hospital nurse to [...]
Ghanaian Doctors in Glasgow
Supported by ReSurge Africa – Reconstructive plastic surgeons Dr Charles Asiedu, Dr Elliot Boham and Dr Warigbani Pieterson from Ghana have arrived in Glasgow for a month to complete a Canniesburn Flap & Perforator course, a Microsurgical workshop and 2 weeks as an observer at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit.
Patient Story: Kwasi Boakye
Kwasi Boakye was 8 years old when he was brought to the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit in Accra in April 2005. Buruli Ulcer had started near his eye and was progressively destroying his face.It was feared that he would lose his sight.
Burns Case Study – Ibrahim
Ibrahim is an 8 year old boy from Cote D’Ivoire who survived a terrible house fire in September 2014 that killed his 10year old brother and 4 year old sister. This fire was caused by a faulty electrical fuse box. Burns represent a major portion of the workload for the Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, and 45% of burns patients seen are children. Initially, Ibrahim’s father Adama took him to the local hospital where his burns were dressed.
Floods in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Major streets in Freetown have been blocked, houses destroyed, property [...]