Cathedral | Sean Kelly - Overseas Volunteer Orthopaedic Surgeon

About this event

After 35 years as a local public sector NHS Orthopaedic surgeon, Sean retired two years ago from his Highland clinical practice. Since that time, he has linked with Scottish colleagues and local Zambian surgeons to work with a pro bono Orthopaedic charity based in Zambia called Flyspec There is a huge unmet need for Orthopaedic treatments in Zambia. This is particularly important for ensuring surgical care is accessible in remote & rural communities. Access is often difficult and facilitated by small, fixed-wing aircraft, thus enabling vital life-changing operations to be available to those patients living outside the capital city, Lusaka. The original pioneering vision of the charity has flourished and survived the test of time despite the austere environmental and economic challenges. Recurrent emphasis on the need for local surgical leadership and the passing on of practical knowledge to local surgeons has been fundamental to that mission. Join Sean at the Dornoch Cathedral to hear more of his life and work with the Flyspec.