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Dr. Koch Returns to States After Helping People in Ghana

The Hudson Valley Hospital Center doctor sends his final update from Ghana as he heads back to New York.

Dr. Koch, a board certified plastic surgeon with Institute for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, went to in Ghana with the Health and Humanitarian Aid Foundation from May 4 to May 13 to do reconstructive surgery on children and adults. Here is his last update from the trip:

May 14, 2012

Returning home Monday. Was able to finish cases. Explored and repaired the wrist injury on the woman attacked by the machete. Also started an HVHC marketing campaign on Ghana buses!

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