Our mission is to promote and provide excellent surgical care to disadvantaged children of the world. We strive to provide surgical services to children of other countries whose access to surgical care is limited due to resource or financial constraints, remote location, governmental or cultural barriers, or a variety of other medical/societal problems. In addition to direct surgical care, Operation KidDocs provides education to local physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
Families have walked 20 miles to our hospital, carrying their children in their arms. Communities have taken up a collection to help the patient’s families afford the bus fare to the hospital. Like parents all over the world, these families just want the best for their child.”
– Leilani Brisieno CST, Board Member
When you can help a child get over a long term illness with a one time operation, it is immensely gratifying and it reminds you of the enormously positive impact we can all have in this world.”
– John Williams MD, Orthopedic Surgery, OKD President
The sense of community is incredible. Its common for two or three families to share a room overnight post-operatively. In the morning its heartwarming to see them sharing breakfast, often offering to help care for each others’ children as their own. Families have also returned to volunteer as translators for our team or to sit with nervous families and patients pre-operatively to offer reassurance.”
– Megan Roberts PA, Orthopedic Surgery, Board Member
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disadvantaged children of the world.