Newsletter No. 9 May 2012 Dear Volunteers, This letter is to inform you about the official launch of our redesigned website courtesy of Baby Elephant. I am sure that you will be impressed by the new look, special features and links to social networks, which should raise our profile (and hopefully donations) on the web. I will continue to administer the site on a day to day basis, so please continue to send any queries to me. Out recruitment drive through adverts in the journals Hernia and British Journal of Surgery has been fruitful and we will welcome new Volunteers into the 2012 missions, including more anaesthetists. Our funds are reasonably buoyant and will enable us to run 20-25 missions annually for the foreseeable future. Presently, all other news can be found on the website I can be followed on Twitter at "Operation Hernia" during the upcoming trip to India, June 2-16 With best wishes Andrew