NewsWhore
10-06-2008, 06:10 PM
USS Kearsage is docked off Santo Domingo Port and doctors on board plan to see approximately 6,000 low-income patients. The medical team on board includes ophthalmology, dental, pediatric, and gynecology and obstetrics staff who will work from 8 to 5pm. The medical teams are working simultaneously in Santo Domingo, Bayaguana (Monte Plata) and from the naval base at Las Calderas, Bani.
US Ambassador Robert Fannin, his wife Dr Lisa Fannin and Dominican Navy chief Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Bayonet were present at the launch of the program. Patients are being transferred to the ship by helicopter. Project Hope is also taking part in the initiative.
Another medical group, under the Foundation Arizona, arrived on Saturday for a series of operations for 60 low-income patients at the HOMS Hospital in Santiago, announced hospital director Dr. Rafael Sanchez Espanol.
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US Ambassador Robert Fannin, his wife Dr Lisa Fannin and Dominican Navy chief Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Bayonet were present at the launch of the program. Patients are being transferred to the ship by helicopter. Project Hope is also taking part in the initiative.
Another medical group, under the Foundation Arizona, arrived on Saturday for a series of operations for 60 low-income patients at the HOMS Hospital in Santiago, announced hospital director Dr. Rafael Sanchez Espanol.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)