Orthopaedic

MEAK also carries out essential orthopaedic work on Kenyan people. With the increase in the number of motorised vehicles and especially motor bikes on Kenyan roads the rate of people being injured is rising exponentially. Broken limbs, from any kind of accident, if not corrected, can result in life altering situations leaving the patients permanently crippled or unable to properly use their arms or hands. Orthopaedic surgery is expensive with special orthopaedic implants beyond the financial ability of most of the Kenyan population.

During 2009 MEAK provided two Image intensifiers for use in orthopaedic surgery to The Coast Provincial General Hospital Mombasa and The Nanyuki District Hospital.