2020 Programs & Activities

Healing the Children is providing urgently needed medical care to children, one child at a time.  HTC is helping develop surgeons' skills, which can benefit thousands of children over time. HTC volunteer medical professionals work alongside in-country health care personnel to provide training on best practices to enhance their skills and techniques. Some of these new education and outreach efforts include:

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Partnership with OhanaOne​

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Healing the Children has partnered with OhanaOne as a part of an international project to explore the use of “smart glasses” between a mentor surgeon and a mentee surgeon.  The use of smart glasses enables real-time interactions that provide education, training, and consultation on a patient’s health care. Ohana One’s Vuzix Glasses and Augmented Reality Software allow the trainer/teacher to place their finger into the frame to point to the area of concern. This allows people on opposite sides of the world to be in the same moment, instead of one person being in a manufactured reality like traditional VR allows the teacher to be in the moment during surgery, providing counsel and guidance as needed.

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Surgical Development Programs:  

 

 

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Utilizing HelpLightening to Aid in Surgery in India 

 

Healing the Children Seattle Chapter (HTCSEA) partnered with Ohana One and Dr. Kush Aeron, a Surgical Sight mentee at Helping Hands Hospital in Dehradun, India.  Dr. Aeron used HelpLightening to discuss a young child’s upcoming hand surgery with Dr. Marshall Partington (HTCSEA), his surgical mentor and long-time friend in Kirkland, Washington, USA. This surgery not only improved this young boy’s quality of life but will also allow him to reach his personal goal of joining the army once he is of age.  

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Click to Read Dr. Partington's Comments on this Important Partnership

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Anatomical Cleft Restoration Philosophy (ACRP)

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Details coming soon​

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Partnership with JFK Medical Center in Liberia​ 

HTC has been working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Liberia, JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, and Healthpage to provide education and resources to combat the impact of caustic burns, which sadly occur when a child ingests cleaning products such as lye, often found in recycled plastic containers.

 

Caustic burns disproportionately affect young children, particularly those aged one to four, with 36.4% of chemical burn patients being in this age group. The majority of these incidents occur in the home, with household cleaning products, such as laundry detergents and bleaches, being the most common causes. Participants reported storing lye crystals or powder in plastic bags. Liquid lye was stored in bottles, buckets, and barrels.​

 

In its liquid form, lye is odorless and resembles water. In its solid form, it can resemble salt or sugar. Historically, a large number of lye poisonings happened because children mistook the chemical for milk when it was in solution. In some places, home soap-making projects that use lye have led to accidental ingestion by children. The lye is sometimes left in open bottles and within a child's reach. 

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HTC addressed this issue by generously donating an Pediatric Endoscope to JFK Medical Center.  A Pediatric Endoscope is a device that can be inserted into a child's esophagus to assess the full extent of caustic burns and guide medical care. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Medical Assistance in India

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Rural Virtual Clinic Sessions in Nigeria 

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