(Mar 23, 2012, The Bolton News)--A DOCTOR is to travel to Ethiopia to help people with disfiguring facial injuries. Anisha Sukha, from Deane, decided to make the three-week trip after completing a 10k-run for the charity Project Harar Ethiopia, last year.
The 26-year-old former Bolton School pupil said: “I travelled to Ghana as a medical student, and last year did the run, then I decided that I wanted to get even more involved.” Anisha now works at the University of London hospital.
She added: “Eventually I want to work as a reconstructive surgeon, and I saw that over there it doesn’t take very much to make a world of difference.” Anisha qualified 18 months ago and will be one of a team of 14 medics providing tre-atment for up to 50 patients with cleft lips and palettes, dental problems, animal att-ack wounds and bu-rns.
“There’ll be very few facilities and we’ll be dealing with what equipment we’ve got. It’ll be quite exciting, but more than that it will be good to help,” she said. The doctors will also be providing training for the local medical staff so they will be able to carry out the same complex facial operations.
Anisha eventually hopes to work in plastic surgery in the UK to help those needing reconstructive surgery. “It can make a massive difference,” she said. “It’s very interesting and you never get the same thing twice.”
Source: The Bolton News
The 26-year-old former Bolton School pupil said: “I travelled to Ghana as a medical student, and last year did the run, then I decided that I wanted to get even more involved.” Anisha now works at the University of London hospital.
She added: “Eventually I want to work as a reconstructive surgeon, and I saw that over there it doesn’t take very much to make a world of difference.” Anisha qualified 18 months ago and will be one of a team of 14 medics providing tre-atment for up to 50 patients with cleft lips and palettes, dental problems, animal att-ack wounds and bu-rns.
“There’ll be very few facilities and we’ll be dealing with what equipment we’ve got. It’ll be quite exciting, but more than that it will be good to help,” she said. The doctors will also be providing training for the local medical staff so they will be able to carry out the same complex facial operations.
Anisha eventually hopes to work in plastic surgery in the UK to help those needing reconstructive surgery. “It can make a massive difference,” she said. “It’s very interesting and you never get the same thing twice.”
Source: The Bolton News
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