In cooperation with Oudomxay Hospital, Lao Rehabilitation Foundation has agreed to provide support for health care in remote areas of Oudomxay Province. The first mobile team composed of Lao health care professionals and representatives of LRF visited Beng District in May 2008. One of seven districts in Oudomxay province, Beng is located at 65 km [...]
Rural communities get free health care checks, treatment and medicine. In September 2010, a team of Lao doctors organized and financed by LRF visited the Bounneua and Bountai districts of Phongsaly province in Northern Laos. The mobile medical team offered free eye, ear nose and throat, dental, and pediatric care and echography scanning was provided [...]
In Late 2004, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation proposed plans for the construction of a new Health Care Center in the village of Maknao where it acquired land for that purpose in July 2004. The land, conveniently located on the bank of the river in the center of the village was donated to the foundation by [...]
Report of Mobile Health Care for Dental, E.N.T and Eye Diseases in Remote Areas of Oudomxay Province, September 2008 A Cooperation between Oudomxay Hospital – Lao Rehabilitation Foundation and Women for World Health Organizations We knew that Oudomxay province is home to many poor people living in remote areas with limited access to health care. [...]
The Sissatanak Hospital Plastic Surgery Project Since 2004, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation provided support to doctors at Sissatanak District Hospital for their education in plastic surgery. The foundation sponsored and organized the logistics of sending a team of American doctors to Vientiane to provide further training to local surgeons. The project was complex as no [...]
Second Plastic Surgery Mission in Luang Prabang, January 2009 In Cooperation with Plasticos Foundation, Lao Rehabilitation Foundation organized and coordinated a second plastic surgery mission at Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital, Luang Prabang in January 2009. This time, with a team of 15 health professionals, surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatricians and specialized nurses from Los Angeles, the San [...]
In early 2002, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. developed plans for the construction of a new health care facility to replace an old inadequate dispensary. Entirely funded by the foundation, the new building was handed-over to the people of Simmano on April 26, 2003. Staffed with four nurses, under the guidance of a state-appointed medical [...]
Medical Equipment, Supplies and Miscellaneous Projects Whenever possible, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation also provides medical equipment and medical supplies to local hospitals, computers to students as well as clothing to children in surrounding villages. Any donations in kind will be greatly appreciated.
Vientiane Health Department Dental Clinic Since we provided Maknao Health Care Center and Naxaythong District Hospital with new dental equipment, it was only fair to refurbish the old dental clinic of the Health Department in downtown Vientiane, the only one in the city. In fact this clinic provides much of the training for dentists who [...]
The Mittaphab Hospital Plastic Surgery Project In Cooperation with Plasticos Foundation, Lao Rehabilitation Foundation organized and coordinated a plastic surgery project at Mittaphab Hospital, Vientiane, in January 2008. A team of 13 health professionals, surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatricians and specialized nurses from Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, Portland Oregon, Singapore and Hong Kong was [...]