Activities Report, Operation Straight Spine, 2017

Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Kolkata, India January 21- February 04, 2017 by Jeff McConnell, MD Team Members for OSS 2017: INDIA: Ujjwal K Debnath, FRCS – Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon UK:     Neena Seth – Consultant Anaesthesia Meera Alexander – Consultant Anaesthesia Priya Krishnan – Consultant Anaesthesia Lucy Dancy – Consultant Anaesthesia Kerry …

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Mission Tie-Up for Spine Treatment: The Telegraph, 2006

Issue Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Mission tie-up for spine treatment A STAFF REPORTER A state-of-the-art spine treatment centre, with equipment worth $5 million, has been set up at Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, in collaboration with Pennsylvania Spine and Scoliosis Institute, Medtronic Spine and Biologics and University Hospital of Wales. …

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OSS Feature in The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

OSS was featured in an article which appeared in The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, November 26, 2007. Latest aid for spine therapy A “state-of-the art” spine treatment centre — with equipment worth $5 million — will be set up at Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, in collaboration with experts from the US …

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Emirates Airline Foundation Sponsors Operation Straight Spine

Operation Straight Spine: scoliosis surgeries for patients in need The Emirates Airline Foundation sponsored US-based organisation Operation Straight Spine on their recent mission to provide spinal surgeries to patients in need in Kolkata, India. Operation Straight Spine provides spinal surgeries and medical services to socially deprived and underprivileged individuals who …

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2006 British Orthopaedic Association Newsletter

British Orthopaedic Association Newsletter “OPERATION STRAIGHT SPINE” – a project for underprivileged in India In Nov 2006, two surgeons, Dr Jeffrey R. McConnell, MD, Consultant Spine Surgeon from OAA Orthopaedic Specialists, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA and Mr Ujjwal K Debnath, FRCS, MS (Orth), Senior Registrar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK …

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