episode 5: international orthopaedic care - never Ghana give you up
We are lucky enough to be joined by two of our paediatric and young adult trauma & orthopaedic surgical colleagues for this episode, Claudia Maizen and Manoj Ramachandran.Chapter timings:00:00:00 intro00:01:10 paediatric orthopaedics at Barts Health00:02:05 Claudia Amazing00:03:31 Manoj Ramachandran00:06:05 the 1st time Kash met Manoj00:07:46 Manoj sneaks in a plug #orthofastfacts00:08:38 everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth00:09:21 global healthcare challenges in paediatric orthopaedics00:10:57 unique positioning of The Royal London Hospital00:12:05 Mark Paterson- the man and his legacy00:15:54 story behind the Ghana visits00:19:41 children are not small adults00:20:05 logistics of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas00:24:19 kit & saving the world one meniscus at a time00:25:20 challenges of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas00:29:17 raising funds for the Mark Paterson foundation 00:30:00 getting people involved00:32:08 plans for future provision of wrap-around paediatric orthopaedic care00:36:03 application of technology00:38:10 Commonwealth Foundation / QMUL Scholarships 00:41:19 screening / DDH project in Mongolia00:42:58 wrap-upEpisode links:Claudia Maizen: https://bartskidsbones.weebly.com/claudia-maizen.htmlManoj Ramachandran: http://manoj.mystrikingly.com; https://www.viz.aieveryone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth: https://fewzion.com.au/mike-tyson-everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth/Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRf8PbQgjGUhttps://www.lancetglobalsurgery.orgMark Paterson:bio https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376975/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E004792%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+IdentifierMark Paterson Travelling Fellowship (supported by BJJ & EFORT) https://www.efort.org/fellowships/introduction/mptf/Ghana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhanaMotec Life: http://www.moteclife.co.uk/?LMCL=sQ1pU0Andiamo: delivers a medically effective orthosis within 2 weeks of a person’s need globally https://andiamo.io/about/Comnmonwealth Foundation/ QMUL Scholarships: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/scholarships/items/commonwealth-masters-scholarships-low-income-countries.html