Operation straight Spine (OSS) is a non profit organization with a mission to bring sustainable, integrated, spine care for spinal deformity in children and young adults to underprivileged communities in West Bengal and neighbouring states. This Global Outreach program was founded in 2006 by myself and Dr Jeffrey R McConnell from USA. <\/p>\n
OSS is the first-ever global outreach project on spinal surgery in India and we just completed our 19th surgical workshop. The surgical workshop was preceded by 6th Kolkata Spine deformity conference on the 1st March 2026. We have been engaged in managing spinal deformity in children, adolescents and young adults surgically with support from many surgeons, nurses and technicians who all work voluntarily. This program started with the thought of a social responsibility and a moral obligation to make spine care affordable and easily accessible to the non affording millions.<\/p>\n
The lack of medical personnel disproportionately affects healthcare in rural areas of India, where there is a shortage of specialists who are able to deliver surgical care. Access to surgical care is also complicated by rising healthcare costs in India with inability to pay for care by less affluent Indians. In order to bridge this gap, OSS- has a mission to provide spinal surgery and medical services to individuals in India who would not be able to access care for spinal deformity otherwise. <\/p>\n
International surgery missions like OSS program expose residents, nurses and OT technicians to a high volume and variety of spinal deformity cases in a medical institution. There is huge influx of Spinal Fellows from around India to attend OSS workshop during this time of the year to learn from world experts directly. Thus, OSS serves the surgical community to raise their standards of scoliosis and spine surgery and bring their experience to different regions of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Operation straight Spine (OSS) is a non profit organization with a mission to bring sustainable, integrated, spine care for spinal deformity in children and young adults to underprivileged communities in West Bengal and neighbouring states. This Global Outreach program was founded in 2006 by myself and Dr Jeffrey R McConnell from USA. OSS is the … Continue reading Prof (Dr) Ujjwal K Debnath<\/span>