Here are five things to know:
1. More than 80 surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and medical staff provided care at the event.
2. The program, “Surgery on Sunday,” is a nonprofit event that connects medical professional volunteers with low-income patients or patients lacking insurance who are in dire need of surgery.
3. Erica Sutton, MD, is the executive director of “Surgery on Sunday.”
4. “Surgery on Sunday” provides free surgeries in locations throughout Louisville four times to six times each year.
5. Volunteers also provide preventative care, including colonoscopies.
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