We are delighted to share some inspirational patient stories from Operation Childlife clinical missions in early 2025. Operation Childlife completed three clinical missions in early 2025, the first was in February when a team of four paediatric experts in Cardiothoracic…
Professor Martin Corbally, Consultant Paediatric surgeon, and Operation Childlife Programme Director and founder, led a team of volunteers to Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam in late March. Professor Corbally was joined by Dr Dhafir Al Khudhairi, Consultant Anaesthetist, and…
One of our wonderful Operation Childlife volunteers, Dr Abdulrahman Alshafei, Neonatal/Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology specialist spent a week at Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam in early March, sharing his Urology expertise with the local team and operating on…
Our wonderful cardiologists and cardiac surgeons were in Children’s Hospital No 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last week. Our mission to transform children’s lives by conducting complex surgeries and training local medical professionals continues to grow from strength…
Operation Childlife originated from a request from the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNFC) in 2004 to upskill and mentor paediatric doctors and nurses in Children’s Hospital Number 2, Ho Chi Minh City, and to carry out a number of complex…
Following the success of the gig in November we’re doing it again! Come join us for an evening of great music to raise valuable funds for Operation Childlife. Sunday 8th December 7pm Walters Dún Laoghaire, 68 George’s Street Upper. Tickets…
Operation Childlife volunteers spent a week in the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman as part of an on-going collaboration between the Jordan National Red Crescent Society (JNRCS), Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS), Operation Childlife (OCL), and the Royal College of…
A team of our wonderful Operation Childlife Volunteers visited Muhimbili Hospital to share their Paediatric ICU (PICU) expertise in October, OCL’s third visit for 2024. We are very grateful to volunteers Dr Aisling Walsh, Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine…
This workshop was delivered to 24 of our local colleagues, by accredited Operation Childlife volunteers, in collaboration with the course creator Prof. Ai Xuan Holterman and her team, and our partners at Muhimbili National Hospital, with support from the HSE…
This prestigious bursary, awarded jointly by RCSI and Operation Childlife, aims at supporting surgical trainees or medical professionals in gaining additional expertise by participating in international paediatric healthcare missions, while also conducting research into the areas of altruism and global…
