KidsOR
| Founded | 2018 |
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| Founders | Nicola and Garreth Wood MBE |
| Type | Charity |
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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.
History
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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.[1] 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.[1]
One example is an operating theatre for children in the huge refugee camp in Kakuma in Kenya. It is said to be the first operating theatre for children in a refugee camp.[2] Another example is in Kano 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 to revamp 30 operating thentres in Africa and this included three in Nigeria.[3]
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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Charity on track to ship 30 paediatric operating rooms to Africa this year". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Paediatric operating room in Kenyan refugee camp officially opens". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Smile Train, KidsOR donates pediatric facilities to Armed Forces Specialist Hospital Kano". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.