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Installing a Kids Operating Room

Our operating rooms are created with love, care and specialist expertise. Everything is done in close partnership with hospitals and local healthcare professionals. We work hand in hand to understand their needs and enable them to create impact that lasts.

Pre-installation

Many months of work go into preparing a Kids Operating Room for installation.

Transportation

Conveying our specialised equipment to remote locations can be a challenge. Shipping can take up to 12 weeks, followed by a land transfer to the hospital, dealing with local climate and infrastructure conditions.

Artwork design

Our unique artwork is created to reassure and distract young patients, unlike the usual cold and clinical hospital environment. It helps children feel safe and families feel hope.

Renovation

The site is renovated to make sure it’s a safe, high-quality environment for surgery. During this phase, Solar Surgery Systems are installed, which includes setting up the incoming mains and roof rails for the solar panels.

37hours to create a Kids Operating Room

Container arrives at hospital with 8+ pallets of equipment and artwork

2Hours
Unpacking & storageEquipment is securely stored or immediately unpacked upon arrival at the hospital grounds.
14Hours
Equipment moved and unboxedWe typically schedule this over a weekend to avoid getting in the way of busy hospital staff. Our biomedical engineers begin building and setting up the surgical equipment.
18Hours
Artwork installedThe installation team plan the positioning of the artwork and apply it.

Did you know our partners can take part in installations? The Artemis Charitable Foundation made this installation in Rwanda possible.

Our role is to make sure surgeons have what they need to keep operating, even in the most challenging environments.

Garreth Wood MBE
Co-Founder of Kids Operating Room
31Hours
Equipment testedOne of our biomedical engineers tests every piece of equipment to ensure everything is working and there was no damage during transportation.
36Hours
Handover trainingOur team trains local staff on the new equipment, ensuring they’re well set up to use and maintain it for years to come.

A new, state-of-the-art operating room is ready for surgery.

Post-installation

Our commitment doesn’t end at handover.

Ongoing support

We keep duplicate copies of all provided equipment at our Centre of Global Operations, allowing us to offer 1-to-1 video call training to support the local surgical teams with any equipment troubleshooting.

Measuring our impact

We monitor and evaluate the surgical cases handled by hospitals, helping us assess and maximise the impact of our operating rooms. We also closely track the use of our Solar Surgery units and supporting equipment.

Story gathering

Telling the story of kids who can now live normal happy childhoods is vital to allow us to continue our life-changing work.

000,000
Life-changing operations
000
Operating rooms in 39 countries
00+
Surgeons trained
$00bn+
Economic benefit
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