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ManpowerThe visiting team comprised of 22 members (14 doctors,6 paramedics and 2 volunteers).Ten staff nurses from the Medical College were postedwith the team for operations and there were separatenurses on shift duties for postoperative wards.Two OT assistants were deputed from the hospitalstrength.Two consultant anaesthetists and two residents fromthe hospital joined an equal number of anaesthetistsof the visiting team to provide anaesthesia on 4 tablessimultaneously.Autoclaving was managed by one linear autoclave and onetable top autoclave in the side room of the operation theatre.All autoclave linen and dressing material was prepared inthe evening just after the day’s work was over.Boarding & Lodging arrangementsAll visiting members were accommodated by the Principalin the guest house of the Medical College. A kitchen wasset up in the guest house by the Lions Club for all cateringrequirements.ExpensesThe hospital spent more than 0.4 million Rupees onmedicines, sutures and accessories for the patients.Publicity and boarding costs was borne by the LionsClub, Dharamshala.International travel expenses were covered by individualsor sponsors.<strong>IPRAS</strong> Asia- Pacific Section covered license fees foroverseas doctors, transport of Indian teams and othermiscellaneous expenses.Future and PastAs this area has no facility for Plastic Surgery, it is proposedto have a camp at this same location every year. Earlier,Dr. K.S. Goleria had been conducting free Plastic Surgerycamps with his team at Zonal hospital, Dharamshala for22 years, in association with the Lions Club. This wasdiscontinued due to health reasons about 4 years ago.Seeing the need of the people, <strong>IPRAS</strong> “Women for Women”team also did a free camp in Jannani Hospital at Paprola(Palampur) a few years ago. You can view the documentaryon www.youtube.com. The camp was the brainchild of Dr.Marita Eisenmann-Klein, Secretary General of <strong>IPRAS</strong> andwas organized by Dr. Chanjiv Singh.The idea of “Mission India”, a NGO, was floated by Dr.Chanjiv Singh, so that American Plastic Surgeons of Indianorigin could work for the poor. It was created by Dr. KusumaShashidhar, President of ASIPS and his colleagues. Theydid a free Plastic Surgery camp in SR Hospital, Kalheli,Bajaura, dist Kullu, Himachal Pradesh last year. The campreport is on www.facebook.com as Kullu mission.Pictures from the Kangra camp can be viewed at www.iprasaps.orgSponsoring:1. Principal, Dr. Rajindra Prashad Govt. MedicalCollege, Kangra2. <strong>IPRAS</strong>-Asia Pacific Section3. Lions club, Dharamshala4. Bangkok Botanica, ThailandReport submitted by:Report prepared by:Dr Rajeev B. Ahuja(Secretary General,<strong>IPRAS</strong>-APS)Prof. Anil Chauhan(Principal, RPGMedical College, Tanda)Dr Chanjiv SinghChairman-<strong>IPRAS</strong>,Humanitarian CommitteeProf. Sanjeev Sharma(Dept. of Surgery,RPGMC, Tanda)Issue 7 www.ipras.org <strong>IPRAS</strong> Journal 35

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