Operation Healing Hands

Operation Healing Hands is a charity initiative organized by a group of doctors and other medical professionals in the private sector who, for Mandela Day, wishes to give back to the community. Established in 2016, the aim of Operation Healing Hands is to provide life-changing surgeries to patients in need while fulfilling the ethical responsibility of the private healthcare sector in closing the socioeconomic gap of patients in need of surgery. Together with many wonderful sponsors and service providers, the Operation Healing Hands team is responsible for changing the lives of many patients who would never have been able to afford the medical care they required. All the medical personnel involved, from the surgeons to the rehab teams, work pro bono while the private hospitals sponsor most of the theatre time and in-hospital stay. X-rays, blood work-up and other special investigations by respective service providers are also done for free while the prostheses such as hip and knee-replacements and other implants are sponsored by relevant medical companies. Therefore the funds raised by OHH through grants and donations are used to cover consumables used, random medical expenses as well as the daily running of the project.