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A simple solution that makes a difference
The Coloplast story begins back in the early 1950s. Elise S?rensen is a nurse. Her sister Thora has just had an ostomy operation and is afraid to go out in public, fearing that her stoma might leak. Listening to her sister?s problems, Elise conceives the idea of the world?s first adhesive ostomy bag.
Based on Elise?s idea, Aage Louis-Hansen, a civil engineer and plastics manufacturer, and his wife Johanne Louis-Hansen, a trained nurse, created the ostomy bag. An ostomy bag that helps T...Read more