40 Nicaraguans have new knees thanks to a corps of Canadian medical professionals who offered three days of free surgeries. Originating in western Canada, Operation Walk Winnipeg raised $100,000 to send equipment and a team of 50 doctors, nurses and other health specialists to Nicaragua.
In a span of three days they performed 54 knee surgeries and trained Nicaraguan medical residents at the same time. They returned from the mission two weeks ago.
“To give that to them and see the look on their faces after surgery, with tears rolling down their cheeks, as they just say gracias, gracias, gracias. It was a fantastic experience,” said Thomas Turgeon, an orthopedic surgeon at Concordia Hospital and the medical director for the mission.
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