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2012 - Chengdu, Sichuan Province
2011 - Chengdu, Sichuan Province
2010 - Nanchang, Jiangxi Province
2008 - Jiangxi
2007 - Jiangxi
2006 - Jiangsu
2005 - Jiangsu
2004 - Jiangsu
2003 - Zhejiang
2002 - Heilongjiang
2000 - Heilongjiang
1999 - Heilongjiang
1999 - Henan

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  Medical Missions: 2008 - Jiangxi Province

The 10th annual CCPF medical mission was hosted again, as in 2007, by the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University in Jiangxi province. The CCPF mission family expanded this year to include 33 volunteers - 15 doctors, 9 nurses, 3 operating room technicians and 6 non-medical volunteers. Over 60 children received treatment from our team and Chinese partners. As in each mission, CCPF volunteers felt deep gratitude for the opportunity to significantly change these children’s lives; giving a baby a mouth that can smile, a little girl legs to run as she plays, and teenage girls with polio a life without pain.

• 12-year old Shanguan Xingyan, who received care from our plastic surgery team for cleft lip, told us he is very grateful to finally be able to look and speak like other kids.
  
• 2-year old Longlong had surgery for a dislocated hip as well as two dislocated knees. He loves to laugh and play and now will be able to without pain.
• 11-year old Wu Guo Liang can now lead a normal life. Dr. John Conner and Dr. Eric Lazar, along with a CCPF fellow Dr. Hu, performed surgery for an imperforated anus, a very difficult condition which prevents the digestive tract from functioning properly and required that he constantly wear a diaper. Read our blog, written during the mission, for more children’s stories.

In addition to taking care of the children, the medical team conducted educational sessions for Chinese doctors. Four different programs were presented: Plastic Surgery, Peri-Operative Care, Urology and General Surgery, and a full day symposium on Pediatric Spinal Deformity. Surgeons from around the region attended.

Integral to this mission were the four CCPF Fellows who had visited New York in the Summer of 2008. These physicians helped to triage the children prior to our visit, prepare them for surgery and provide recovery care. Because of this relationship, CCPF was able to perform more procedures and feel confident that the children will have someone available if they need follow-up care.

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