Posts Tagged ‘The Mackay Clinic’
Standing together with The Duncan Hospital during corona
As many of you know The Mackay Clinic are long term supporters of The Duncan hospital – EHA in Bihar, India. Professor and Jackie Mackay only visited in early February this year. We were about to bring you videos of that trip with news of some of the exciting developments at the hospital. Since then…
Read MoreGeorge’s marvellous Christmas tree
We had our very own special Christmas present in the shape of this fantastic Scottish Invention Christmas Tree! It was made by six-year-old George Deacon who is the son of nurse Julie who works with Professor Mackay, who was incredibly flattered to find that George has put his invention – the InternalBrace – on the…
Read MoreBaseball’s next miracle surgery
First published in Fansided By Will Caroll “It’s a game changer.” That phrase is often just hype, but when you hear it come from not one, but four of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country, it’s time to take note. True changes in sports medicine come about once in a generation. Tommy John surgery,…
Read MoreNew anterior cruciate ligament surgery to repair skiing knee injuries
Published in The Telegraph, March 30, 2016 By Daryll Ball It all went horribly wrong last February at the annual magazine ski test in Kühtai, Austria. I was in the resort’s terrain park, went too slow on a 360 – a classic mistake I tell all my coaching students not to do – and landed cleanly…
Read MoreGB skier does the double with second revolutionary operation at top orthopaedic hospital
First published in Racer Ready, December 14 2016 By Neil McQuoid British Alpine skier, Jai Geyer, is making amazing progress in rehabilitation this season, after having a revolutionary Internal Brace fitted into a second knee joint, at BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ONLINE HERE
Read MoreHibs’ Farid El Alagui back in the nick of time
Published in the Scotsman, April 21 2015 New op gets El Alagui fit again ahead of play-offs, writes Moira Gordon FROM the minute Farid El Alagui met with the doctors back in August, the Hibernian striker has had one eye on the play-offs. Aware that the swell of contenders for the Championship title could leave…
Read MoreA fond farewell….
After 13 years with The MacKay Clinic, Janie, our office powerhouse, waved farewell recently and skipped off to savour the joys of retirement. Enticed away from the NHS 13 years ago, Janie came on board to help set up and run our office, helping shape The MacKay Clinic in her own way. Efficient and organised…
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