Syracuse surgeons traveling to Ghana to give patients the gift of walking again

DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Doctors from Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists are heading overseas with a mission to change lives.

Operation Walk New York is sending a team to Ghana this month to provide free joint replacement surgeries for patients who otherwise wouldn’t have access to care.

Local surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and volunteers plan to spend more than a week in Ghana. Their mission is to help patients who suffer from painful hip and knee conditions…

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