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Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital Orthopedics is in urgent need of essential surgical supplies. These are essential to make it less painful for children recovering from broken bones or after surgeries to correct deformities.

Anyone who’s been unlucky enough to have a limb in a plaster of paris will know what it feels like when it starts to itch. Doctors use good quality jersey to minimize this unbearable itching. But, unfortunately, the hospital is quickly running out of these supplies and surgeons are cutting corners and trying to stretch limited stocks, according to orthopedic surgeons.

Soft rollers used between skin and plaster are also very rare. Any donation of jersey and soft rolls could ease the pain of many young children in this hospital.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr Dimuthu Tennakoon and his team hope that donors will help the hospital procure these supplies, which are available on the local market but are unaffordable for patients. Very soon, the hospital will also run out of essential nails, plates and screws in Nancy. to mend broken bones. Orthopedic surgeons will be helpless when they run out of these vital devices to treat trauma patients as well as those in need of surgery to correct birth defects.

“After the stocks are exhausted, we will not be able to undertake any more operations,” said one of the LRH doctors. “We cannot postpone these surgeries in growing children. This is going to be a great tragedy. »

These are the often unseen calamities that await young patients at the country’s premier children’s hospital due to the current cash crunch the government is facing. directly to the doctors in the orthopedic department. This appeal is specifically intended to help young patients in the orthopedic department of the hospital. Donors can also help the hospital through its website: https://lrh.health.gov.lk/donate/.

Hospital contact person responsible for planning, Dr Savithri Dharmarathna, on mobile number 071 444 1705 (when calling from abroad +94 71 444 1705). If a donor requires logistical support to arrange transport etc for supplies they buy for the hospital, they can contact Shantha on +070 116 2706.

List of Urgent Supplies Needed at LRH Children’s Hospital

The following surgical supplies are urgently needed at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children. NEW OT LRH Instruments, Consumables and Dressings

Cannulated System 7.3mm – 1

Acculan 4 battery drill with all accessories – 2

Pneumatic tourniquet ATS 4000 with basket of accessories – 2

Turnstile 8″ – 4

12″ – 4

18″ – 4

24″ – 4

30″ – 4

34″ – 4

42″ – 4

Tenotomy knives (disposable) – 50

Molded padding (3M or Benecare)

2″ – 100

3″ – 100

4″ – 100

Jersey

2″ – 2 rolls

3″ – 2 rolls

4″ – 2 rolls

6″ – 2 rolls

Synthetic cast iron

5cm – 50

7.5cm – 50

POP (Gypsona or 3M)

5cm – 50

7.5cm – 100

stitches

2/0 Vicryl round body 30mm – 100

2/0 Vicryl round body 26mm – 100

Cut 4/0 Monocryl 3/8 circle 26mm – 100

4/0 cut prolene (optilene) 20mm – 25

1 Vicryl round body 22mm ½ circle – 100

Ethibond polyester 25mm or 16mm ½ circle – 100

Others

Patient Warmer – 1

Skin Marker Pens – 20

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3M Ioban Surgical Adhesive Drape Size: 12″ – 25

Instrument box with dull tray – 2

HMTS coil for plasma sterilization

75mm – 1 roll

150mm – 1 roll

300mm – 1 roll

Sterilization coil

75mm – 1 roll

150mm – 1 roll

hip plates

3.5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 110 Degree – 10

3.5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 120 Degree – 10

3.5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 130 Degree – 10

3.5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 140 Degree – 10

3.5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 holes 150 degrees – 5

5 mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 holes 110 degrees – 10

5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 120 Degree – 10

5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 130 Degree – 10

5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 140 Degree – 10

5mm Locking Proximal Femoral Plate 3 Holes 150 Degrees – 5

Titanium Spring Nails

TENS 4mm – 50

TENS 3.5mm – 50

TENS 3.0mm – 50

TENS 2.5mm – 20

TENS 2.0mm – 20

TENS 1.5mm – 20

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General Instruments – Amount

Kitchen jars – 5

Pop Scissors – 2

Fiber scissors – 1

Plaster spreader – 1

MC Donald dissector – 2

Large Spoon – 2

Skin hooks – 4

Metal mallet – 1

Hohmann Retractor small – 4

Periosteal Elevator AO for small set of fragments – 1

AO Periosteal Elevator for Large Fragment Set – 1

Traverse Curved Retractor

Medium – 2

Large – 2

Killner Double Ended Retractor (Cat Paw) – 2

Langenback retractor

Small – 2

Medium -2

Large -2

Finely Curved Mosquitoes – 3

Baby Mosquitoes Fine Curves – 3

Wire Bender – 1

Medium flat pliers – 2

Bone nibbler type Ronger Medium – 2

Orthopedic metal ruler

30mm – 1

15mm – 1

Right angle dissector

Large – 1

Medium – 1

BP handle n° 3 short – 5

Sinew hook – 1

Medium Sucker Control Finger – 3

K. Son

1.5mm – 100

1.8mm – 50

2mm (threaded) – 25

2mm (unthreaded) – 100

Crego Retractor -2

Medium Kidney Tray – 5

Orthopedic instruments – 1

Adolescent Lateral Femoral Nail Instrument Set – 1

8-plate system with implants for 50 patients – 1

Fassier-Duval telescopic nailing system – 1