Support a Life-Changing Medical Partnership: Orléans – Mongolia Medical Cooperation
A Human, Sustainable, and Exemplary Partnership
National Traumatology Hospital in Ulaanbaatar
For over 20 years, the Regional Hospital Center of Orléans (CHR Orléans) has been working hand in hand with the National Traumatology Hospital in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The team is made up of:
Sabine REYNAUD - Physiotherapist
Dr Laurent BRET - Bacteriologist
Dr Bertrand MUCKENSTURM - Neurosurgeon
Dr Jean-François VIALA - Radiologist
With the Mongolian colleagues In Orléans (2016).
Beginning of the cooperation
This unique medical cooperation is built on mutual trust, skill-sharing, continuous training, and friendship between healthcare professionals from both countries.
The Mongolian Traumatology Hospital is the national reference center for spinal and brain injuries. Thanks to this long-standing partnership, CHR Orléans has supported its Mongolian colleagues in:
Developing post-operative and respiratory physiotherapy
Improving practices in neurosurgery and medical imaging
Automating microbiological analysis to fight antibiotic resistance
Every year, cross-exchange missions took place: 15 days in Ulaanbaatar for the Orléans team, and 15 days in Orléans for visiting Mongolian practitioners.
Proven Impact and Future Goals
1. Physiotherapy
Achievements:
Early rehabilitation for post-cranial and spinal surgery patients
Functional recovery for hip and knee prostheses with the introduction of CPM machines
An average of 50 patients treated daily
Next Steps:
Expand respiratory physiotherapy and intensive care rehabilitation
Launch the BACLOFENE project for spasticity management
2. Bacteriology
Achievements:
Full lab automation
Staff training in sampling, bacterial identification, and antibiograms
40 samples processed daily, with 20 antibiograms performed
Next Steps:
Address complex bone/joint infections
Strengthen infection control and antibiotic stewardship
3. Radiology
Achievements:
Structured imaging department
Interpretation of X-rays, ultrasound, CT, and MRI scans for trauma and degenerative conditions
Joint injections (knees, shoulders)
Between 100 and 150 supervised exams per day
Next Steps:
Develop neuroradiology (brain and spinal imaging)
Enable tumor biopsies (bone and visceral lesions)
4. Neurosurgery
Achievements:
Management of traumatic and degenerative spinal/cranial injuries
5 to 10 surgeries performed per day
Next Steps:
Treat spinal and brain tumors
Develop spasticity surgery
An Internationally Recognized Collaboration
Mayor’s office of Ulaanbaatar city (2019).
This cooperation has received multiple accolades:
Registered by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of Franco-Mongolian cooperation
Honored at the Elysée Palace in 2023 during the official visit of the Mongolian President
Decorated by the City of Ulaanbaatar in 2025
Supported by the French and Mongolian Embassies, the French Ministry of Health, the Regional Health Agency, and the Centre-Val de Loire Regional Council
With H.E. The French Ambassador to Mongolia Pereira da Silva
With H.E. The Ambassador of Mongolia to France Nyamkhuu Ulambayar and H.E. The Ambassador of France to Mongolia Suren Sebastien.
At the Minister of Health of Mongolia
An Initiative at Risk
Institutional funding was withdrawn in 2023, threatening the sustainability of this impactful and exemplary program. Despite its proven results, the future of this human and medical partnership now depends on your support.
Why Support This Project?
Improve access to quality care in a resource-limited country
Share French medical expertise and excellence
Build long-term local capacity
Contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (health, equality, innovation, poverty reduction)
Together with Synchronie, the Endowment Fund og CHR Orléans
We work in synergy with the Synchronie Endowment Fund to support the medical teams engaged in this project.
This initiative is handled by Synchronie, the endowment fund of CHR Orléans, created in 2022 in response to the COVID crisis. Independent and non-profit, Synchronie accelerates hospital innovation and brings to life the ideas of healthcare workers by collecting donations from individuals and organizations.
While Synchronie plays a key institutional and financial role, Step By Steppe’s contribution is philanthropic and operational, helping doctors carry out their missions in the field and continue this essential exchange of knowledge.
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We Need You
We are actively looking for new donors and philanthropic partners to ensure the continuity of this vital medical and human link with Mongolia.
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