GAMBIA 2017

Serrekunda Hospital

CLARS FOUNDATION
March18-25
The Clars Foundation is a non-profit organization whose main aims are the fight against profound hearing
loss and offer medical cooperation in Third World countries in the ORL field.

The Clars Foundation attends the needs in Emergent countries, as well as provides Scholarships to doctors
with no financial resources, since 1997, and offers instructional courses in Emergent Eastern European
countries, Asia and Africa.

The Clars Foundation, for years has been conducting its mission in the fields of audiology, speech rehabili-
tation, otorhinolaryngology, phoniatrics, facial plastic surgery and oral surgery. These projects have been
materialized in many parts of the world, including India, Rumania, Republic of Moldavia, Ethiopia, Senegal,
Liberia, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, D.R. of Congo, Sudan and shortly in new destinations with the
donation of medical supplies, essential life-saving medicines, and needed medical equipment which
otherwise would not be available, and providing free medical care and surgeries to people in need, as well.

Additionally, donates and adapts hearing aids and some hearing implants to patients affected with hypo-
acusia.

The humanitarian mission that travelled to Gambia was composed by 8 specialists. All of them directed
by Pedro Clars, MD PhD. These pages are a sample of the mission. The photographs were taken by each
member of the team and thereof selected and edited in this book which aims to thank all those who have
made possible this mission.

This mission and all the other activities organized by the Clars Foundation are conducted thanks to the
professional and financial support of the Board of Trustees, to whom we greatly thank for.
We specially thank La Caixa Foundation, for their financial support in this mission, and WassuKafo Founda-
tion for their local help.
Board of Trustees

Honorary Chairman:
Andrs Clars Domnech, MD PhD ()
President:
Pedro Clars, MD PhD
Vice-President:
Mr. Antonio Sagnier

Patrons:
Mr. Jaime Aragall Mr. Marcel Gorgori
Mrs. Ainhoa Arteta Mr. Juan-Carlos Llars
Mr. Jaime Bonet Mrs. Lucrecia Prez Lucrecia
Mr. Jos Bros Mrs. Montse Mart Caball
Mrs. Montserrat Caball Mr. Joan Matabosch Grifoll
Mr. Carlos Chausson Mr. Stefano Palatchi
Mr. Carlo Colombara Mrs. Raquel Pierotti
Mr. Juan Diego Flrez Mr. Juan Pons
Mr. Josep Maria Flotats Mrs. Carmen Pujol
Mrs. Brbara Frittoli Mrs. Isabel Rey
Mr. Ramn Gener Mrs. Ana Mara Snchez
Mr. Ral Gimnez Mr. Joan Manuel Serrat
Secretary and legal advisor:
Mr. Fernando Foix
Vice-Secretary:
Mrs. Luisa Pujol Herrick
Treasurer:
Andrs Clars, MD

Registration No.: 1.466

ID No.: G-62.421.482

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 Equipo Fundacin Clars

Pedro Clars, MD PhD (Barcelona) ORL & Facial Plastic Surgeon

Francisco Vidal Barraquer, MD (Barcelona) Vascular surgeon
Federic Quintana, MD (Barcelona) Vascular surgeon
Sofia Decq Motta, MD (Lisbon) ORL Jr
Alexandra Correia, MD (Lisbon) ORL Jr
Miss Mercedes Vilches Campaa Audioprotesist
Cir Ndiaye, MD (Dakar, Senegal) ORL Senior
Mrs. M del Carmen Pujol (Barcelona) Operating Room Nurse

Local team

Saidu Beyai, MD
Mr. Alieu D. Badjie.
Adriana Kaplan, MD

Under the supervision of:

His Excellency Mr. Adama Barrow. President of the Republic of Gambia

Her Excellency Mrs. Saffie Lowe Ceesay, Health Minister
Site

Serrekunda Hospital

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Views of Banjul on Sunday, March 19th. Arrival date.

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We visited the fishing town of Tanji.

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Monday, March 20th. We begin our medical mission.

Many patients waiting to be operated.

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Interior views of the hospital.

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Surgical activity of our ORL team and of the vascular surgeons.

There are some infrastructure failures

in the operating room which we try to
solve as we can.

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The surgery team in full activity.

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Press conference to inform the patients.

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The audiology team fully active.

Our Junior ORLs working intensely.

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All types of face and neck tumors to be operated on.

Summary of activites:

Parotid tumors:3
Goiter-Thyroidectomy:9
Skin tumors:4
Ranula:2
Submaxillary tumors:3
Pavillion reconstruction:1
Oropharyngeal surgeries: 6
Endonasal tumors:1
Lip plasty:2
Tongue tumor:1
Cervical tumor:4
Cleft palate:2
Cleft lip: 2
Maxillary tumor:1
Dacriocistitis:1

Vascular surgery:
Arteriovenous fistulas:21

Total number of surgeries: 63

Total number of consultations:180

Audiometries: 40.
Hearing aid adaptations: 30.

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Face reconstructions due to tumors and traumatisms.

Many malformations in children which are repaired surgically.

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Malformations in children.

Dr. Clars and Dr. Cir. Vascular surgeons.

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Some only think in eating.

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Last day, Saturday, a walk by the Gambia River.

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The mission has been a success. Everybody is happy.
We say goodbye to Gambia till next year.

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Our airplane arrives with 14 hours delay but we all take it calmly.

Flight cancellation.

As they say in Gambia...

NDANKA NDANKA DOMANDING DOMANDING
(Slowly, slowly)(Step by step)

But we keep helping each year the Gambian people.

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 Dr. Pedro Clars wishes to express his gratitude to the following entities:

-All who joined him.

-The Clars Foundation Board of Trustees.
-Fundacin La Caixa
-Gaes Solidaria.
-Kern Pharma, S.L.
-Laboratorio Arag, S.A.
-Laboratorios Dr.Esteve, S.A.
-Prim S.A.
-Viajes tica.
-Real Academia Europea de Doctores.
-Neomedic S.A.
-Transeaba Porters (baggage handlers at the Terminal of the Barcelona Airport)
-Tecnoquirrgica.
-Serrekunda Hospital.
-Dra. Adriana Kaplan (Wassu Gambia Kafo Foundation).
-Mrs. Laura Mayoral. Charge dAffaires. Embassy of Spain
-Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Gambia. Her Excellency Mrs. Saffie Lowe Ceesay.

and other anonymous entities for collaborating with our Foundation

offering their support.

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 Clars Foundation Headquarters:
C/Los Vergs, 29-31, 08017. Barcelona. Espaa.
Tel. +34 93 203 12 12 - Fax +34 93 280 33 32
E-mail: fundacion@fundacionclaros.com
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Web: http://www.fundacionclaros.com
Registration n 1.466
ID No.: G-62.421.482