“Paediatric surgery moves a step further with the aid of CHOC”

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This image shows you what has been made possible with the equipment that the Department of Paediatric Surgery in the East London Hospitals Complex were able to buy via CHOC’s help. Dr. Dirk von Delft from the Department of Paediatric Surgery describes how it made an impact,” This is a child who had aspirated a small metal cylindrical object… It was stuck in his airway going into the right lung. And with the modified and updated kit we could get a telescope down there with great vision and a flexible grasper to remove this (and video it – a first at Frere). The little silver object next to the pen’s tip is what came out…”