The Health and Education Relief Organization (H.E.R.O) medical team completed approximately 30 surgeries for patients with “club foot” and other lower extremity problems as opposed to the 45 surgeries that had been planned for their one-week medical outreach.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that this was revealed yesterday during a press briefing at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Resource Centre. The H.E.R.O team comprises surgeons, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical students and college students. Representa-tive of H.E.R.O, General/ Trauma surgeon, Dr. John Mitchell told DPI tht the number of surgeries completed was less than planned due to various reasons. However, he noted that the completion of the surgeries along with interaction with the patients and physicians, can be considered a major accomplishment