Hello friends and family!
It’s been a busy week here in Phnom Penh and our team is having a great time in the OR and in the city. Today we did post-op checks with many of the patients from yesterday and performed more ACL repairs. This is a surprisingly common surgical need, and the Khmer doctors and surgeons are getting great practice under Dr. Hsin’s guidance.
A highlight today was getting to see how the local Khmer doctors have learned from Dr. Hsin over the years of the Cornerstone Foundation’s involvement here and now are able to invite the students on our teams to get in the field. Our teams are learning from the staff here but our teams learn just as much from them too.
Stories of the Day
One of our team members is a med surge nurse named Adilynn. She’s been a med surge nurse for five years but is interested in moving into OR nursing. Today she got the opportunity to scrub into two of the ACL repair surgeries and get hands-on experience with the OR nurses on the team. She is a natural!
One of the local doctor’s here at Jeremiah’s Hope, Dr. Kanora is beginning to take over more of the tasks involved in conducting an ACL surgery. With three ACLs today he is learning more and more and getting faster with each procedure. This experience working under Dr. Hsin’s guidance is invaluable. Because of this experience the local team here will be able to provide more access to ACL care.
Today’s Stats
3 ACLs performed
3 bracings completed
5 intakes conducted
