On the Road Again: Another Tanzania Humanitarian Mission & BLOG!!
Dr. Härtl and his team of neurosurgeons and researchers are carrying out another exciting humanitarian mission to Africa. The program has the potential to greatly upgrade the way developing countries deliver health care. Working through Madaktari Africa Dr. Hartl explains, "We are doing hands-on training of doctors in Eastern Africa, empowering them with a high level of expertise in neurosurgical procedures."
Why focus on a high level of specialized techniques in an area desperate for the most basic levels of healthcare? Providing the highest level of surgical training to these eager, talented surgeons impacts every other level of care-- nursing, anesthesia, intensive care treatment, general ward care.
It all initially started in a small village in Tanzania. Dr. Härtl and his team trained doctors and delivered spinal surgery equipment that spared patients from paralysis. Today, patients are receiving treatment for neurological diseases such as hydrocephalus, meningocele, brain tumors and head trauma --without having to travel long journeys involving hardship to get important medical care.
The current mission is to Bugando Hospital in northern Tanzania, a regional center which serves a population of 14 million people. The team's goal is to replicate their previous success.
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