Recent Interplast Achievements
Interplast has achieved a steady growth since its inception and has an established reputation for the quality of its service and delivery as well as its ability to balance humanitarian needs against development needs. During the past 26 years Interplast has evolved from a 1 - 2 person operation to one that now employes 7 - 8 staff (4 full time) to undertake the administative workload required to support the humanitarian and development work overseas. In its first ten years of operation, Interplast undertook an average of 14 programs a year in an average of eight countries. Last financial year Interplast ran 30 programs in 15 countries, and facilitated the training of four doctors/nurses in Australia.
Some of our proud achievements include
- Assisting the newly formed Mongolian Society of Anaesthetists to establish safe anaesthetic training in Mongolia.
- Development of the Laos Cleft Team after eight years of in-country programs that now perform their own treatment and training programs in provincial centres.
- A similar program is in progress in Burma (Myanmar). Interplast is assisting in the establishment of the country's first post graduate program in Plastic & Reconstructive surgery.
- Since 1990 Interplast has also played a significant role in the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Indonesia to the point where a fledgling plastic and reconstructive surgery program was established by surgeons sponsored by Interplast to train in Australia. Interplast also assists in the development and training of Indonesian aneasthetists.
- Successful delivery of a microsurgery training programs in Nepal which began in 2007. Nepalese surgeons are now independently perfoming their own microsurgery proceedures which has revoluntionised cancer treatment in Nepal.
- Establishment of a Faculty of EMSB (Early Management of Severe Burns) in association with ANZBA (Australia & New Zealand Burns Association) in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh and the Pacific
Over the 25 years Interplast has
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Trained hundreds of overseas surgeons, anesthetists, nurses and allied therapists and
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Sponsored over 70 to continue their training in Australia.
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Sent nearly 600 volunteers, on
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Nearly 500 programs, in
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24 countries.
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Provided over 30,000 consultations, and
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Performed over 18,000 instantly life changing operations.
Interplast is an incredible success story of humanitarian and development work that can be achieved by Australian and New Zealand volunteers.
