Czech doctors perform orthopaedic surgeries on Jordanians, Syrians

By JT - Mar 15,2016 - Last updated at Mar 15,2016

Czech surgeons operate on patients in Jordan recently (Photos courtesy of Czech embassy)

AMMAN — During a nine-day stay in Jordan, five Czech doctors successfully performed 17 orthopaedic surgeries for Syrian and Jordanian patients, under a mission with the Czech government’s MEDEVAC programme that concluded on March 11, according to a statement released by the Czech embassy on Tuesday.

The majority of patients were Syrian children who have taken refuge in Jordan with their families after fleeing from the war in Syria.

The Czech embassy in Amman contributed to the pre-selection process, and stressed that the Czech government will continue to provide assistance to refugees, particularly in countries highly affected by the regional crisis.

The team from Hospital Hospital Na Bulovce comprised Jiri Chomiak, Stepan Magersky, Zuzana Bonhomme Hankeova, Dana Kafková and Filip Kaufman, the embassy said.The medical team was the first one out of five teams that will operate in the first half of 2016 in Jordan, the statement added.

Jordan hosts around 1.3 million Syrians, the majority of whom live outside camps among host communities.

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