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Richard Mcnair honoured in WCET 2026 Congress

Richard McNair

The recent World Council of Enterostomal Therapists (WCET®) Congress held in Vancouver celebrated outstanding individuals dedicated to improving the lives of people with stoma, wound, and continence needs.

Among those honored was Richard McNair of New Zealand, who received recognition through the WCET® Norma N. Gill President Award for his many years of compassionate leadership and unwavering peer support to individuals living with ostomies and related conditions. His commitment reflects the spirit of Norma Gill’s pioneering legacy of care, education, and patient empowerment within the global ostomy community

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Our goal is to provide information, education and health care to all ostomy patients and their families and to pursue excellence in developing and establishing the highest level of ostomy groups all over the world in three existing regions structured under the IOA Coordination Committee.The IOA is divided into three regions that provided help to ostomates. We work hand in hand with specialists, surgeons, wound and ostomy care nurses for the advancement of ostomy care and practice.