🐻🚀 Operation Fistula helps women who are injured during prolonged labor, where the…

🐻🚀 Operation Fistula helps women who are injured during prolonged labor, where the pressure breaks the bladder wall, leading to bad smell that ruins their lives. This is a common problem in Africa and South Asia, where c-sections are not readily available, and fistula could be fixed for about $200/operation. @[401820:2048:Seth McSwain Cochran] ’00 MEng ’01 funds surgeons in Africa and South Asia, who fix fistula. They measure the quality of fistula repair (90% success rate), and they fund the successful surgeons more. They started in Madagascar, now in 22 countries, working with the UN population fund. #cornell #todothegreatestgood Seth McSwain Cochran ’00 MEng ’01 funds surgeons in Africa and South Asia, who fix fistula. They measure the quality of fistula repair (90% success rate), and they fund the successful surgeons more. They started in Madagascar, now in 22 countries, working with the UN population fund.