Surgery on Sunday brings outpatient surgery to thousands — 4 insights

A nonprofit organization, Surgery on Sunday, has provided outpatient surgical procedures for those in need, according to Kentucky Kernel.

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Here are four insights:

1. Plastic surgeon, Andrew Moore II, MD, created Surgery on Sunday to help patients who may be not be eligible for outpatient surgery due to their financial situation.

2. Free clinics refer eligible patients to Surgery on Sunday.

3. Surgery on Sunday is comprised of more than 400 volunteers including surgeons, physicians, nurses, scrub techs and other providers.

4. Over the past 11 years, the organization’s volunteers have donated more than 92,000 hours of service.

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