A 27-member team of doctors and other health professionals from the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (RPSBC) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has arrived in Tamale to perform a number of surgeries for patients there.The group, which is led by the Director of RPSBC, Mr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, arrived over the weekend and will be in Tamale for a week to perform surgeries such as repair of clefts and lip palate, contractures due to burns, removal of keloids and scars, among others. Over a hundred patients have been slated to benefit from this exercise.This was contained in a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Mustapha Salifu.The main objective for the outreach is to build capacity for reconstructive and plastic surgery practice in the northern sector of the country and in future establish a Centre there.The medical outreach is part of activities to mark RPSBC’s 15th Anniversary under the theme: “Saving Lives through Effective Burns and Trauma Management”Other activities to be undertaken during the outreach will be a lecture for medical students of the University for Development Studies, Tamale and a press briefing.