A story that began with his hands
Elder Seo Dong Choi, Hands that helppeople walk again.
Seo Dong Choi was a carpenter. At Aeyang Hospital in Yeosu, the hands that worked with wood found a new purpose: making prosthetic limbs.
Kikuyu Hospital newsletter · Published November 2012 ↗
28 years of experience. A new beginning.
Supporting a body.Moving a life forward.
He worked at the hospital for 28 years. Retirement did not mark the end of his craft. His experience would travel to where it was needed next.
From Yeosu to Kenya
Where skills were needed,there were people.
He settled in Kenya in the 1990s and was commissioned by his church in 1996. Working at Kikuyu Hospital, he helped people take their next steps.
Working together. Passing the craft on.
From one pair of handsto many more.
Daniel, David, and Johnson Nara were among those who learned and worked alongside him. His work meant more than making limbs: it meant teaching others to carry it forward.
A name preserved in local records
Seo Dong Choi.A name they remember.
The hospital newsletter and Kenyan reporting introduced him as a prosthetic technician. The work of his hands now lives on in the records of those around him.
