The charity CURE International has opened their first hospital in Zimbabwe offering free surgery for children with OI and other conditions.

CURE International (CURE), a global provider of surgical treatment for children with treatable disabilities, has opened CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, a first-in-the-nation facility providing life-transforming medical care to thousands of vulnerable children.

At CURE Zimbabwe, surgeries are free to children under 18 regardless of race, religion, or gender. Conditions that the hospital treats include, but are not limited to, angular limb deformities, congenital upper and lower limb conditions such as clubfoot, bowed legs, knock knees, rickets, osteogenesis imperfecta, and cerebral palsy. At full capacity, CURE Zimbabwe is equipped to do over 2,000 procedures a year.

Lucy’s grandson Endinako was involved in an accident which left his arm seriously injured. Since then, they have been shuffling between hospitals seeking surgical intervention. But up until now, no help had been found. CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe is run by CURE International which operates similar hospitals in eight countries and was therefore able to provide free surgery for the child.

CURE hospitals are now located in the following countries in Africa and Asia: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Philippines, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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