Wow, I can't believe our time is
just about up. But Dr. Anderson
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how does orthopedic
surgery fit into your model?
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Well that's a great question and
we're trying to figure that out
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So we're sort of feeling that
out as we go. In many ways, it's
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the opposite of what we've
done. You mentioned how it's so
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equipment dependent. You know
we have to drag along a ton of
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equipment. It's technology
dependent and it's very
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expertise dependent. So it's the
opposite in the sense that the
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rest of our program is very
locally driven. So we have local
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employees, supervisors. Not a
great need for you know visits
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from Americans and sort of
western influence. So that's
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really the strength of the
program. The reason orthopedics
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is a passion of mine in these
developing countries because it
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makes such a difference. So
there's so much trauma, there's
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so many accidents. If you break
your leg in the US and I don't
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fix it, no big deal. Somebody
else will fix it. It's going to
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get fixed. There's no broken leg
that goes unfixed for the most
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part, but in these countries
people have horrible open
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fractures that are never treated
They get infected. They get an
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amputation and their life is
changed forever, not just their
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life but the life of that family
for generations. So if dad can't
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work it affects the kids.
Their opportunities are less,
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grandkids. You know it's a
generational problem. So it's a
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way to make a huge impact
in many of these countries. So
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we're trying to figure out
how to do that. And probably the
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best way to do that is to
provide teaching instead of me
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going over and doing it. Showing
someone else how to do it.
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Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
So you're equipping people from
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afar. You're equipping them
locally. You're going over there
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This is incredible. I wish we
had more time to discuss this.
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But thank you guys for coming
on and thank you for sharing
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what's on your heart and your
wonderful mission work that's
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taking place. Thank you
for joining us. Till next time
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God bless you.
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