Individual dentists & doctors committed to come to Ladakh for the Medical/Dental project in 2010.

Date March 7, 2010

Dr. Myra Elliott has committed to bringing another Dental / Medical team to Ladakh in August 2010.  This will include a major cataract surgical team led by Dr. Ranjana Sanjay Mathur, director of the Singapore National Eye Center. Dr. Marcus Ang diagnosed over 50 cases of severe cataract conditions during the 2009 expedition and now we are going to try and treat each and every one of them with this skilled team of surgical specialists

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Dr. Elliott & Dr. Ang
 
 

Dr. Chua Yang, a noted gynecologist and veteran of the 2009 team that came to Nubra Valley is mobilizing a team of woman’s health care specialists to return to Nubra Valley in 2010 to implement the first ever wide spread cervical cancer screening program.  This tragic disease is the number one cause of fatal illness among Ladakhi woman and Dr. Chua Yang is determined to implement a regular screening program to diagnose the illness in it’s early, treatable stages.

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Dr Chua Yang
A Clinic for Woman – Singapore

http://www.aclinicforwomen.com.sg

Dentists:

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Ally Ellmers and Kate Arlidge are final year dental students from Dunedin, New Zealand.  They are setting out on an adventure to India in June>July that includes volunteering two weeks in Ladakh and helping with the Himalayan Dental Project. We look forward to their arrival and will be utilizing their dental skills and enthusiasm to examine and treat young children in another remote region of Ladakh.

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Dr. Madeleine Aslund

 

I am a Specialist Periodontist who trained in London, UK, now living and working in Vienna, Austria. I wish to bring my knowledge and skill to benefit the people of Ladakh. I think the most sustainable way of helping the local population is to train authoritative members of the local public to be able to provide basic dental care and be able to teach the local population preventative oral health behaviour. I happened to come across Mr Bill Kite’s project which aims exactly at this. When I read about it and saw the previous reports I felled immediately compelled to get in contact and join the team. I will stay from 15 August to 10 September in Ladakh working with and training the local school nurse Ms Yangchan Dolma and carrying out any other dental work that may be needed. In the meantime I had so much support and information through Mr Bill Kite and Dr. Jason Doten by email/mail that I cannot wait to get started.
I am now super excited to travel to this beautiful region and I am immensely looking forward to meeting Ms Yangchan Dolma, Mr Bill Kite and team and the people of Ladakh.

 

Dr. Steve Rogers is a renown specialist in oral & maxillofacial surgery.  Dr Rogers lives in Bend, Oregon and has traveled extensively in the Himalayas of Nepal offering his sophisticated skills to the people of the Himalayas.  Dr. Rogers is planning to come to Ladakh in 2010 and treat some of the more complex cases we have encountered during our remote village examination expeditions.

 

Category Posted in Dentists & Doctors, Expeditions, Friends of Lamdon, From Ladakh, Gratitudes, International Schools, Uncategorized, Volunteers

2 Responses to “Individual dentists & doctors committed to come to Ladakh for the Medical/Dental project in 2010.”

  1. Robyn & Steve Arlidge said:

    March 25th, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    Kate we are so proud of you for going into areas unknown and making a huge difference to the people you help in this world.
    Robyn & Steve Arlidge

  2. anne hardie said:

    March 28th, 2010 at 1:48 am

    Myra this site is wonderful – you have worked so hard in the Himalays. Where else in the worlk would you find such desperately badly cared for teeth – I was at a lecture in our local library only this week and the lecturer was in that area and the smiley faces tell all when you see the state of the teeth even the young people seem to have very brown and damaged teeth.
    Myra please would you kindly help me find minis e mail address we have her phone no. but not her new-well not so new address or her e mail address.
    xxxxAnne and Robin