Irish medical staff set for joint operations in Vietnam

Ten orthopaedic surgeons, six anaesthetists, four operating theatres, one military base in Hanoi — just some of the logistics involved in organising the kind of joint replacement blitz the NTPF could only dream of.

Over the course of one week in May, a 60-strong team of Irish medical personnel will travel to the Vietnamese capital to carry out joint replacement operations on circa 50 patients while at the same time providing training to local surgeons.

The effort is under the auspices of Operation Walk, established about 20 years ago by American orthopaedic surgeon Larry Dorr.