Beginning in the summer of 2009 Antonio Benedini, an orthopedic surgeon, has been going to Togo to offer his medical expertise, first at the hospital in Datcha, then at the hospital in Atakpamé, together with Sister Stella, a medical doctor.
Over the years he has been accompanied by colleagues from other specialties.
In Togo, medical care is very difficult, because of a lack of adequate basic structures and because all medical care must be paid for.
Very often people who cannot afford medical help never even go to a hospital and more often than not, are never treated.
