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WINNIPEG OSTOMY ASSOCIATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Genitourinary Surgery
OBS

The Winnipeg Ostomy Association (WOA) [is] a self-help group formed in 1972 to assist people with ostomy and related surgeries in Winnipeg and the surrounding area. [It is] strictly a volunteer organization, depending on member involvement to operate and on membership dues to pay expenses. ... The Winnipeg Ostomy Association (WOA) is a chapter of the Ostomy Canada Society, a national voluntary health organization dedicated to assisting people who have or will have intestinal or urinary tract diversions. [The WOA provides] a visiting program to those having ostomy related sureries. Trained and certified members visit people having ostomy surgery, either pre- or post-operatively, and provide information, share experiences and give emotional support. [It] also [provides] educational service support to the family unit advocacy and [promotes its] services to the public and professional communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Chirurgie génito-urinaire

Spanish

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