K. David Kriet, MD, FACS
Clinton D. Humprey, MD, FACS

Univerity of Kansas
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Kansas City Surgeons Travel to Uganda to Help LRA Victims

Dr. David Kriet recently traveled with a team of surgeons affiliated with Kansas City Medical Missions Foundation to Uganda.  Some of the patients he treated were victims affected by a violent rebel faction known as Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). While the Ugandan government believes LRA numbers are dwindling, Dr. Kriet told the Associated Press that there are still a number of victims in need of reconstructive surgery due to the LRA’s attacks on civilian villages. Dr. Kriet says many of the surgeries performed were ear reconstructions: “The rebels commonly mutilated or amputated the ears of those who refused to obey their orders”

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