Matilda International Hospital (MIH) and the Matilda Children's Foundation (MCF) continue their vital mission of offering free, life-changing surgeries across borders. This September marks a significant milestone as MIH welcomed a new patient referred by the Mongolian Ministry...
2 October 2024
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A Sound Future: Matilda International Hospital and Matilda Children's FoundationWelcome Mongolian Child for Free Life-Changing Hearing Surgery
Matilda International Hospital (MIH) and the Matilda Children's Foundation (MCF) continue their vital mission of offering free, life-changing surgeries across borders. This September marks a significant milestone as MIH welcomed a new patient referred by the Mongolian Ministry of Health through the Consulate General of Mongolia in Hong Kong—a 7-year-old Mongolian boy named Dashnyam. He arrived in Hong Kong on September 13 and was scheduled to undergo free hearing surgery a week later, a procedure not available in his home country.
The young boy, who suffered from significant hearing impairments associated with congenital ear deformity, underwent surgical treatment to implant a magnetic bone conduction device, which is expected to improve his hearing capabilities. After a week-long recovery at the hospital, he safely returned to Mongolia, hopeful and poised for a healthier future. We are committed to ensuring ongoing follow-up care and optimising post-surgical outcomes for the patient.
MIH and MCF have been working closely with the Consulate General of Mongolia in Hong Kong to offer free medical surgeries for children of the Mongolian community. In September 2023, both parties signed a collaborative agreement with The National Center for Maternal and Child Health in Mongolia. A recent agreement, signed with Mongolia’s National Centre for Traumatology and Orthopedics in August 2024, underscores our commitment to expanding our reach and continuing to provide specialist surgeries at no cost to Mongolian children in need.
1: After arriving in Hong Kong, Dashnyam and his mother check into the hospital for pre-surgical examinations and evaluations of his condition.
2: Dashnyam, who suffers from hearing impairments due to ear deformity, undergoes a transformative procedure which involves implanting a magnetic bone conduction device against the skull behind his ear. This device is designed to significantly enhance his hearing by enabling a more stable connection with the external sound processor. Surgeon Dr Jacky Wong and Anaesthesiologist Dr Kelvin Wong collaborate to perform the operation.
3: During his hospital stay, Dashnyam shares a room with another young patient from Mongolia who has returned for a follow-up after undergoing kidney surgery earlier this year.
4: Dr Jacky Wong and our nurse warmly check on Dashnyam’s recovery one day after his surgery.
5: Linda Burgoyne, CEO of Matilda International Hospital and Chairperson of the Matilda Children’s Foundation, visits the two boys before they return to Mongolia. She gives gifts to the boys alongside our medical surgical colleague.
About Matilda International Hospital
Matilda International Hospital (https://www.matilda.org) is a not-for-profit private hospital providing personalised patient care with international standards. Key areas of expertise include health screening, women’s health, orthopaedics and spine, ear nose and throat, and general surgery. Seamless medical services are supported by an outpatient department and a conveniently located medical centre in Central.
About Matilda Children’s Foundation
The Matilda Children’s Foundation (https://www.matildacf.org) exists to provide life changing surgeries at no cost to underprivileged children in need of treatment and have no other means of receiving care, around Southeast Asia. Matilda’s doctors and teams have been donating their time, money, expertise, and resources on a volunteer basis, performing a broad variety of surgical services – these range from orthopaedics to curative surgery. Since its establishment in 2003, MCF has provided surgery to 65 children from around the region, involving 92 surgeries.
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