Free plastic surgery camp in Aurangabad

The 5-day camp is being conducted to target 500 surgeries by the end of the camp. Plastic surgeons from New Jersey, USA Raj Lalla and Vijay Moradia have already initiated the required process for the surgery. The team along with a group of local volunteers has reportedly selected nearly 500 patients for surgery at the stage of initial screening itself. The surgeries will now be done daily at the MGM Hospital.

A huge appeal has been made by the camp organisers Rajesh Bharuka, Deepak Agrawal, Kalyan Waghmare and all the office-bearers to approach them, and take advantage of this world class healthcare facility at their doorstep.

The camp was inaugurated early morning on Sunday, at Lions Eye Hospital, N-1, Cidco.
"Before his demise in 2011, Indian-born American plastic surgeon Dicksheet had conducted over 2.5 lakh surgeries around the world. So far 12,00 operations have been performed through this annual camp in Aurangabad," said an organizer, as confirmed by TOI.

A 22-year-old youth from Paithan, who had undergone surgery to correct his eye deformity, visited the camp on Sunday to thank the doctors.

The camp is jointly organised by MGM Research Centre, Aurangabad Chemists and Druggists Association (AC&DA) and Lions Club of Aurangabad Chikalthana. Doctors from MGM will assist the American doctors, provide operation theatres and other equipment while the AC&DA would provide medicines and other required machines during the camp.