West Timor girls treated in Newcastle
September 21, 2010
It has been six months since Inosensia Anuk and Martin Martin were identified in a volunteer clinic in West Timor as needing surgery to treat aggressive facial tumours.
The teenage girls arrived at the John Hunter Hospital on Thursday, September16 to prepare for their life-changing operations.
'I'm so happy' Inosensia. 17, said.
The girls, who would be preparing for their mid-semester exams, said that their initial anxiety had been offset by the excitement of their operations.
'We were a bit nervous at first but we are OK now', Inosensia said.
'We will miss our parents and our friends though'.
Two teams of John Hunter surgeons and medical staff performed the operations outside of normal theatre operating hours.
'We were thrilled by the generosity of staff and the management of the hospital and the John Hunter Children's Hospital who have willingly donated their time and facilities to allow these surgeries to be performed outside normal hours', Dr Bob Sillar, who was involved in the assessment of the girls, said.
ROMAC undertook the cost and logistics of getting the girls to Newcastle.
