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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Day15th July, 2011Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy,MS, M.Ch, DNB, FRCS(Ed), MAMS Director& Head Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery,Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns.Ganga Hospital, INDIAIncreasing the visibility and awareness of the possibilitiesof Plastic Surgery remains the concern of Plastic Surgeonsworldwide. To make it possible, the Association ofPlastic Surgeons of India, led by its President, Dr. S. RajaSabapathy, hit upon a novel concept of the creation of a“Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Day”. The date wasfixed as July the 15th. Though it did not commemorate abirth or signal an event in the history of Plastic Surgery,the day was chosen for logistic reasons. It was also feltthat more than the date we choose, what we do with theconcept will count more.What was done on the Plastic &Reconstructive Surgery Day?A call was given by the President of the Associationof Plastic Surgeons of India, Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy,requesting all their members to do at least one freesurgery on that day. The day could also be utilized toconduct programs to popularize Plastic Surgery. PlasticSurgeons from all over the country responded with greatenthusiasm and the concept was a phenomenal success.Activities done on that day included:• APSI members performed free surgeries varyingfrom free flaps to replace a giant hairy nevus on theface and reattachment of a hand in a rural setting,to the correction of post burn deformities, repair ofThroughout the countrythe media responded very well.Replant for a poor child done in Nanded, MaharashtraState on Plastic Surgery DayIssue 7 www.ipras.org IPRAS Journal 59