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NEWCASTLE /GATESHEAD
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS
Charity Ball 2014
Professor Deiary F Kader
Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon
NGMV Chairman

2.
NGMV Charity
2010
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Hospital staff

3.
NGMV Objectives
Is to work with the local charities in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq to provide much needed
Orthopaedic Services

4.
NEWCASTLE
IRAQ

5.
2013
46 Operations
in a week
Dave Anderson and
Rob Halfon MPs
Supporting the
charity in Kurdistan

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April 2010

7.
July 2010
Clinics
• Clinics: 400 patients seen
• Listed 30 for surgery

8.
October 2010
Clinics:
180 patients seen
Surgery:
16 operations

9.
DIY Drill
Breakage

10.
MARCH 2011
Clinics:
200 patients treated
Surgery:
32 Hip & Knee operations

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OCTOBER 2011
Surgery: 25 Operations
Clinics: 160 seen

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TEACHING

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April 2012
Clinics: 130
Surgery: 42

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October 2012

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Teaching
October 2012

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Paediatric Course Professor Graf

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Prof Graf
Infant
Hip U/S course
In Iraq

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October 2012
Mrs. Talabani
The First Lady
of Iraq
Kath McCourt
Northumbria University

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Sept 2013
12 ops
200 OPC

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Sulaimani

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March 2014
Erbil

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10 VISITS IN 4 YEARS
• >70 members of our charity have visited Erbil
• Clinics: > 1500 patients
• Surgery: 250 intermediate and major operations of the
hip and the knee joint.
• Regular review by us and the local doctors
• Teaching & Training: Hospital/University

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SUMMARY OF VOLUNTARY WORK
• We acquire new skills. Learned how to cope
• Exposed to different culture and health system
• Opportunity to educate others
• Immense personal satisfaction
• Exciting adventure and good fun

24.
Making Difference
Although we helped a relatively a
small number of people
We made a big difference to some
peoples life
Changed the medical practice in the
hospitals that we worked at

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LONG DAYS

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SUMMARY OF VOLUNTARY WORK
• We acquire new skills.
• Exposed to different culture and health system
• Opportunity to educate others

27.
Giving something Back
Helped relatively small number of people. We
made a huge difference to peoples life
This Lady was seen in October last year. Hasn’t walked for
5 years. After the first knee replacement started
hobbling. Discharged in 3 days. Last month we did her
other knee. She was very grateful that she could
walk again

28.
Erbil Citadel
Oldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in History
8000 years old

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Shanidar Cave
First adult Neanderthal skeleton in Iraq

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Our partners and sponsors
• Nechirvan Health aid office Erbil
• Barzani Charity Foundation Erbil
• Freight Investor Services (FIS) London
• Orthopaedic industry
(DePuy, Stryker, Smith&Nephew, Arthrex &
Ethicon)
• QEH staff
• Our Patients, Friends and Families

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Special Thank You
• The Lord Mayor of Gateshead
• The Kurdish Government in London
• Gary Kent & Dave Anderson (MP)
• Event Team: Paula, Laura, Louise , Courtney
• Kim Inglis
• Sally Kevan (Even manager)
• All the charity ball Sponsors

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www.ngmvcharity.co.uk