In the past few years, Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Zambia (CURE Zambia) has recorded a growing number of conditions such as cleft lip and palate, burn contractures, and webbed fingers and toes that are treated with plastic surgery. In 2021 alone, the hospital served over 500 children with such conditions. This prompted CURE Zambia to set up a full-time plastic surgery department to help children living in underserved communities.
In January 2023, as the first step in getting the department up and running, CURE Zambia welcomed its first full-time in-house plastic surgeon, Dr. Meredith Workman. She answered the call of God to serve children living with treatable disabilities, and she’s currently Zambia’s only pediatric plastic surgeon. Until now, plastic surgeries were performed at surgical camps by visiting surgeons from the United States. Since Dr. Workman joined CURE, she’s performed over 290 surgeries.
As a hospital, we remain focused on serving more children with treatable disabilities. A full-time plastic surgery department will help increase the number of sponsored surgeries we provide to vulnerable children like three-year-old Christina, who will have her second surgery at CURE Zambia later this year as part of the hospital’s comprehensive care for cleft lip and palate.
All medical and ministry care is provided at no cost to children and their families, made possible by the generous support of CURE partners and donors.
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About the Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Zambia
Established in 2006, CURE Zambia performs over 2,500 life-changing reconstructive, orthopedic, ENT, and audiological surgeries each year for children suffering from treatable disabilities. Strategically located in Lusaka, the teaching hospital comprises six buildings, 54 beds, and three operating theatres. In addition to world-class clinical service, CURE Zambia ministers to the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their communities. The Beit Trust, a UK-based charity, provided the funding for this facility as a centennial gift to the people of Zambia. CURE Zambia is a strategic partner with the Ministry of Health.
