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In May 2017, Dr Ramdas Senasi (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist), Nichola Coates (Paediatric Radiographer), Emily Gudgeon & Liz Cox (MSc Radiography students) are travelling 7,401 miles to Luang Prabang in Northern Laos for two weeks, in order to continue efforts to improve radiological services at the Laos Friends Hospital for Children.
For the trip the team will be operating as part of the World Federation of Paediatric Imaging , working alongside RAD-AID ; an organisation who’s aim is to increase and improve radiology resources in the developing and impoverished countries of the world. We will be situated, working and teaching at the Laos Friends Hospital for Children . The hospital was built in 2015 with Friends Without a Border and provides free medical care to over 15,000 children annually. The need for such access to healthcare is vital in Laos, where children commonly die from diseases such as malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea; deaths that could be prevented through better healthcare.
The hospital is reliant on overseas experience to support their doctors and nurses. Currently, they do not have a Radiologist at the hospital, and x-rays and ultrasound are performed by two nurses who have limited experience and no formal training. The nurses have had limited teaching from RAD-AID, followed by teaching from Dr.Senasi and his team last year, however their knowledge in radiology safety is very limited.
The intention for this trip is to travel to Laos and to voluntarily teach the two nurses, as well as other practitioners at the hospital, basic physics and radiation safety, so that they carry out safer, more effective and more resourceful Radiographic practice.
However, in order to be able to travel to Laos, provide the educational resources required and to help progress this project further in the future, we desperately need your donations (as we are poor students!). The team will be working voluntarily, with a working day of 8:30am until 6pm with daily tasks including treating patients, teaching the staff, advocating and educating about safer radiological practice, and ultimately improving pediatric healthcare within Luang Prabang.
None of this can happen without your help! Whether you can donate 10p or £10,000(!), everything we raise will make a huge difference.
So what are you waiting for....come on guys, GET DONATING!!!
Thanks (and lots of love),
Team Rad: Mission Laos 2
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Thank you for visiting our page, we appreciate it!
In May 2017, Dr Ramdas Senasi (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist), Nichola Coates (Paediatric Radiographer), Emily Gudgeon & Liz Cox (MSc Radiography students) are travelling 7,401 miles to Luang Prabang in Northern Laos for two weeks, in order to continue efforts to improve radiological services at the Laos Friends Hospital for Children.
For the trip the team will be operating as part of the World Federation of Paediatric Imaging , working alongside RAD-AID ; an organisation who’s aim is to increase and improve radiology resources in the developing and impoverished countries of the world. We will be situated, working and teaching at the Laos Friends Hospital for Children . The hospital was built in 2015 with Friends Without a Border and provides free medical care to over 15,000 children annually. The need for such access to healthcare is vital in Laos, where children commonly die from diseases such as malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea; deaths that could be prevented through better healthcare.
The hospital is reliant on overseas experience to support their doctors and nurses. Currently, they do not have a Radiologist at the hospital, and x-rays and ultrasound are performed by two nurses who have limited experience and no formal training. The nurses have had limited teaching from RAD-AID, followed by teaching from Dr.Senasi and his team last year, however their knowledge in radiology safety is very limited.
The intention for this trip is to travel to Laos and to voluntarily teach the two nurses, as well as other practitioners at the hospital, basic physics and radiation safety, so that they carry out safer, more effective and more resourceful Radiographic practice.
However, in order to be able to travel to Laos, provide the educational resources required and to help progress this project further in the future, we desperately need your donations (as we are poor students!). The team will be working voluntarily, with a working day of 8:30am until 6pm with daily tasks including treating patients, teaching the staff, advocating and educating about safer radiological practice, and ultimately improving pediatric healthcare within Luang Prabang.
None of this can happen without your help! Whether you can donate 10p or £10,000(!), everything we raise will make a huge difference.
So what are you waiting for....come on guys, GET DONATING!!!
Thanks (and lots of love),
Team Rad: Mission Laos 2
xx