DONATIONS NEEDED FOR HAITIAN CHILDREN’ S HOSPITAL
Two Louisville based non-profit programs are working together to stock a clinic in Haiti with essential supplies, and they need the help of GLMS physicians.
The Women’ s Global Cancer Alliance( WGCA) and Supplies Over Seas are collaborating to transport $ 20,000 worth of hospital equipment from Louisville to Gonaives, Haiti, where a new pediatrics and maternity health clinic is currently being constructed under the direction of acclaimed Haitian pediatrician, Dr. Robard Honore.
“ Dr. Honore needs supplies to outfit this clinic. He is currently the only pediatrician in a community of approximately 350,000 Haitian residents.” said Robert Hilgers, MD, MA, CAE, President and CEO of the WGCA. the capital of Port-au-Prince to Gonaives.”
In addition to the clinic’ s focus on pediatrics and maternity health, the hospital is envisioned to be a registry for Sickle-Cell Anemia patients and referral center for children from throughout impoverished areas of the country. The WGCA has already done extensive work in Haiti. Just over a year ago, the first cervical cancer screening and prevention clinic was opened in Gonaives, and the WGCA was a major partner in that construction.
For more information about the donation process, contact the WGCA at info. wgca @ gmail. com. To donate to the Supplies Over Seas shipment, visit www. womensgca. org.
He continued,“ I took his request to Supplies Over Seas here in Louisville and they said it was fillable. They gave me a figure of $ 20,000 based on shipping costs, customs costs and transport from
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