episode 5: international orthopaedic care - never Ghana give you up

We are lucky enough to be joined by two of our paediatric and young adult trauma & orthopaedic surgical colleagues for this episode, Claudia Maizen and Manoj Ramachandran.

Chapter timings:

00:00:00  intro
00:01:10  paediatric orthopaedics at Barts Health
00:02:05  Claudia Amazing
00:03:31  Manoj Ramachandran
00:06:05  the 1st time Kash met Manoj
00:07:46  Manoj sneaks in a plug #orthofastfacts
00:08:38  everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
00:09:21  global healthcare challenges in paediatric orthopaedics
00:10:57  unique positioning of The Royal London Hospital
00:12:05  Mark Paterson- the man and his legacy
00:15:54  story behind the Ghana visits
00:19:41  children are not small adults
00:20:05  logistics of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
00:24:19  kit & saving the world one meniscus at a time
00:25:20  challenges of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
00:29:17  raising funds for the Mark Paterson foundation
00:30:00  getting people involved
00:32:08  plans for future provision of wrap-around paediatric orthopaedic care
00:36:03  application of technology
00:38:10  Commonwealth Foundation / QMUL Scholarships
00:41:19  screening / DDH project in Mongolia
00:42:58  wrap-up

Episode links:

• Claudia Maizen: https://bartskidsbones.weebly.com/claudia-maizen.html
• Manoj Ramachandran: http://manoj.mystrikingly.com; https://www.viz.ai
• everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth: https://fewzion.com.au/mike-tyson-everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth/
• Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRf8PbQgjGU
  • https://www.lancetglobalsurgery.org
• Mark Paterson:
  • bio https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376975/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E004792%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier
  • Mark Paterson Travelling Fellowship (supported by BJJ & EFORT) https://www.efort.org/fellowships/introduction/mptf/
• Ghana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
• Motec Life: http://www.moteclife.co.uk/?LMCL=sQ1pU0
• Andiamo: delivers a medically effective orthosis within 2 weeks of a person’s need globally https://andiamo.io/about/
• Comnmonwealth Foundation/ QMUL Scholarships: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/scholarships/items/commonwealth-masters-scholarships-low-income-countries.html

Chapters

• 0:00 intro
• 1:10 paediatric orthopaedics at Barts Health
• 2:05 Claudia Amazing
• 3:31 Manoj Ramachandran
• 6:05 the 1st time Kash met Manoj
• 7:46 Manoj sneaks in a plug #orthofastfacts
• 8:38 everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
• 9:21 global healthcare challenges in paediatric orthopaedics
• 10:57 unique positioning of The Royal London Hospital
• 12:05 Mark Paterson- the man and his legacy
• 15:54 story behind the Ghana visits
• 19:41 children are not small adults
• 20:05 logistics of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
• 24:19 kit & saving the world one meniscus at a time
• 25:20 challenges of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
• 29:17 raising funds for the Mark Paterson foundation
• 30:00 getting people involved
• 32:08 plans for future provision of wrap-around paediatric orthopaedic care
• 36:03 application of technology
• 38:10 Commonwealth Foundation / QMUL Scholarships
• 41:19 screening / DDH project in Mongolia
• 42:58 wrap-up