PCRF surgery mission treats children in Beit Jala Hospital

On March 15, 2008, Professor José Ricardo Yañez Pizarro and his wife, anesthetist Dr. Ximena Castillo from the University of Concepción, in Chile arrived in the West Bank town of Beit Jala to begin a week of surgery on Palestinian children with congenital urological malformations, particularly children suffering from hypospadias. This is their first trip to Palestine through the PCRF. They were recruited in cooperation and partnership with the International Volunteers in Urology, an American organization. The team will work a full week, treating dozens of children with complex deformities. There currently are no pediatric urologists working in Palestine, and the PCRF has hundreds of children with this disease in need of surgery. More pediatric urology missions are planned for both Gaza and the West Bank in the coming months to address this need and train local physicians.