world spine care article in spineline 2014
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38 SpineLine | january · february 2014 www.spineline-digital.org
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World Spine Care UpdateIn April, World Spine Care (WSC)
returned to Botswana to report to the Ministry of Health on the status of the World Spine Care project. The clinics in Mahalapye and Shoshong are fully oper-ational and, to date, 1,000 patients have been evaluated and treated. A referral surgical network has started and a rheu-matology network is being developed; the planned scoliosis screening program for school children has been completed; and research collecting primary care data is in progress.
The unparalleled highlight was the first Mahalapye Spine Care Conference that World Spine Care leadership orga-nized over the previous year. The lec-turers were world-renowned experts in their fields from Canada, France, Swit-zerland, Turkey, Australia and South Africa. These volunteers shared their
knowledge with 104 health care profes-sionals in a little town in a small country in the interior of Southern Africa. The government gave their employees paid leave and transportation to attend.
The ongoing development of the WSC program is a result of the amazing selfless commitment to helping others by a growing number of volunteers, many of whom are in the photographs that can be viewed online at http://www.blurb.com/books/4461970-world-spine-care-ll.
The group then flew to Cape Town for two nights to meet with Archbish-op Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah. The next stop was Durban where Dr. Haldeman chaired the World Federation of Chiropractic Conference — his last round of this duty. Next came a long day of flying in small planes to get to Mwan-
za, Tanzania, to conduct a feasibility study for a WSC program in the sur-rounding district. The need is astound-ing — 250,000 people are served by a 130-bed, poorly equipped hospital, two doctors and 50 clinical assistants and nurses. The leadership team is moving forward with all the steps that need to be taken to open a clinic.
In June, WSC leadership went to the Dominican Republic to look into the possibility of a WSC clinic in the town of Moca near Santiago. Dr. Haldeman was unexpectedly pressured by host, Dr. Ramon Lopez, into two unique consultations — one on the street outside the hotel, and one in the supermarket.
To get involved with World Spine Care, please contact Dr. Scott Haldeman at [email protected].
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