Over 100 cases, 72 major surgeries in 5 days by Saving Lives

By Mohamed Kabba
Tuesday April 19, 2016

After hectic five days of work in Kabala Government Hospital, the district headquarter of Koinadugu, the medical team from Saving Lives Initiatives (SLI) were able to successfully examined and treat over one hundred (100) cases and perform critical and major surgeries on seventy-two patients with no single complication.
Speaking exclusively to Awoko Newspaper on Friday 15th April 2016 at the Kabala hospital after performing the last operations, the head of the team, Ralph Salvagno (MD) expressed his appreciations to the local medical team and locals in that part of the country especially the traditional leaders for their tolerance and love demonstrated during their ‘short’ stay in the country. Dr. Salvagno has performed approximately 70% of all joint replacement surgeries in Washington County, has established himself as the pre-eminent orthopedic surgeon in the area.

see more at: http://awoko.org/2016/04/19/sierra-leone-news-over-100-cases-72-major-surgeries-in-5-days-by-saving-lives/