A team of 25 health care professionals provided mobile health care services in 3 districts hospitals (Nga, Beng and Houn) during 8 days, providing 5 main services: ENT, dental, eye, expectant mother and pediatric services. ENT specialist from Mittaphab Hospital joined Oudomxay provincial team to examine patients by manual and automated equipment. Treatment and procedures [...]

The primary focus of this mission was to collaborate with the Lao physicians and surgeons to provide experience with complex operations so that they can continue the work after the team has left. Over seven days we operated on 30 patients. We trained Lao surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses. All operations were successful and there were [...]

The October 2011 Mission consisted of two separate projects: A Mobile Health Care unit, operating during nine days (October 2-10, 2011) in the three districts of Tonpheung, Huixay (BanDan) and Pha-Udom in Bokeo province. The team consisted of 52 medical workers and in total saw 4,190 patients. Click here to download the report on our [...]

The mission started first in the northern province of Bokeo (including 3 districts) for 8 days from June 8-15, 2011, the expectant mother service was done in Bokeo province, only eye service continued after that; in LuangNamtha province (including 2 districts) for 5 days from June 17-21, in Phongsaly province (including 3 districts) for 8 [...]

This 7 day mission took place from 2-8 February, 2011. ENT service is an important and necessary health care component of the provincial hospital, however, it has limited functioning due to lack of specialist’s skills and surgical equipment. The LRF provided medical care to local patients and training to local staff. This mission examined all [...]

Namor district is one of the poorest districts of Oudomxay province, bordering LuangNamtha province and China. It consists of 64 villages and 5,474 houses of which 1,262 are considered extremely poor.  The LRF ran a 2nd remote healthcare mission in this district in February 2011 addressing the urgent needs of the villagers.  Click here to [...]

Given the success of the first computer classroom installed at the Department of Health in 2007, LRF agreed to develop a new computer classroom on the opposite side of Vientiane City (Thatluang) where the medical staff can further develop their computer and language skills. The new classroom is located at the Department of Health Traditional [...]

Dr. Phetsamone Indara is one of the 18 ophthalmologists of Laos, and one of two ophthalmologists serving the rugged remote northern provinces of Laos. He was born and raised in this area and currently is chief of the only “Eye Unit” in the northern provinces. Dr. Phetsamone was invited to address his peers at Stanford [...]

In cooperation with the Fred Hollows Foundation and Bokeo Provincial Hospital, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation organized and coordinated a plastic surgery and cataract mission in Bokeo Province in the northern part of Laos. We targeted cleft lip/cleft palate, burns and traumatic reconstruction for the surgeries. For the eyes, we performed cataract surgeries where necessary, and [...]

Report of Mobile Health Care in Remote Area for Dental, E.N.T and Eye Diseases in September, 2009 Serving the Provinces of: Oudomxay, Phongsaly and LuangNamtha A Cooperation between: Oudomxay Hospital, Foundation for Assisting the Poor People of Lao PDR (FAPPL), Lao Rehabilitation Foundation (LRF), and Women for World Health (WFWH). Click here to download the [...]