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Kids Operating Room is a Scottish charity founded by Garreth and Nicola Wood in 2018. The charity create capacity for paediatric surgery across the world by installing paediatric operating rooms, training workforce and addressing critical gaps in low- and middle-income countries with the aim of bringing access to safe surgery to every child who needs it. Based in Scotland, Kids Operating Room have shipped and installed theatres to over 35 countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia.
One example is an operating theatre for children in the huge
History
The charity was founded by Nicola and Garreth Wood and its base is in Edinburgh. Preventable problems like appendicitis and broken bones can result in death or blighted lives. The charity plans to install 120 operating theatres by 2030. They supply equipment that is intended to not require expensive maintenance and they also fund the training of anaisthetists and surgeons to staff the new facilities. In 2021 they estimated that they had improved the lives of 36,000 children.
One example is an operating theatre for children in the huge refugee camp
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in Kakuma
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in Kenya. It is said to be the first operating theatre for children in a refugee camp. Another example is in Kano
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Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
*Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
** Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
** Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom betwee ...
in Nigeria where they have revamped a theatre in 2022 at the city's Armed Forces Specialist Hospital. They worked with the American charity Smile Train
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to revamp 30 operating thentres in Africa and this included three in Nigeria.
The charity has a large depot in Dundee where they put together the kits required to create a new operating theatre. This can consist of 3,000 different items.
References
{{reflist Charities based in Edinburgh 2018 establishments in Scotland Organizations established in 2018 Children's charities based in Scotland Foreign charities operating in Kenya Foreign charities operating in Nigeria