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ANNUAL REPORT
FRIENDS OF RUDY NICARAGUAN HEALTH, INCORPORATED
OUR MISSION
To bring medical aid to the great numbers of impoverished people
in Nicaragua who have limited access to health care, while sharing medical
techniques with our local counterparts.
JANUARY
29 THROUGH FEBRUARY 6, 2010
WHEN OUR
TEAM WAS IN NICARAGUA IN 2008, ILANA KUTINSKY, DO, DISCOVERED SEVERAL YOUNG
ADULTS WHO NEEDED RHYTHM RESTORED TO THEIR HEARTS.
WITH THE BLESSING OF FOR
NICARAGUAN HEALTH, SHE INITIATED A PROJECT SHE NAMED:
RESTORE THE RHYTHM (SALVANDO CORAZONES) SAVING HEARTS
CONTINUED TO FLOURISH FROM ITS INCEPTION IN
AUGUST, 2008, IN BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAKS, MICHIGAN, TO THE
INTRODUCTION OF ABLATION EQUIPMENT AT THE MILITARY HOSPITAL, MANAGUA,
NICARAGUA IN FEBRUARY, 2009. DR. K CHING MAN WAS GREETED IN MANAGUA IN
JANUARY, 2010 BY ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO HAD RECEIVED AN ABLATION DONE BY
DR. CHING MAN IN MICHIGAN.
EMMANUEL
HAD BEEN RELEGATED TO A SEDENTARY LIFE BY THE IRREGULARITY OF HIS HEART
RHYTHM. AT THE MANAGUA AIRPORT EMMANUEL PRESENTED DR. CHING MAN A FIRST
PLACE MEDAL HE HAD WON IN A RACE. EMMANUEL WORKED WITH US FOR THE WEEK IN
GRANADA AT OUR ALABAMA GRANADA CLINICA TRANSLATING FOR OUR GROUP.
IN 2010
THE GROUP FROM MICHIGAN REASSEMBLED THE ABLATION EQUIPMENT AT THE MILITARY
HOSPITAL IN MANAGUA.
MILITARY
HOSPITAL
RENE
DARCE, MD: MEDICAL DIRECTOR
HUGO
ARGUELLO, MD: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
INFORMATION BY ILANA KUTINSKY, DO
ABLATION TEAM FROM MICHIGAN
information supplied by Arthur T. Mize and Dr. Machado
CHRISTIAN MACHADO, MD, K CHING MAN, MD, TIM MCELROY, TECHNICIAN, DANNY
HOLMES, RCIS, ARTHUR T. MIZE, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST
13
PATIENTS WERE EXAMINED
EP
STUDIES WERE DONE ON 12 PATIENTS
12
PATIENTS RECEIVED ABLATIONS
1
PATIENT RECEIVED A SINGLE CHAMBER ICD.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WAS SUPPLIED BY MEDTRONICS, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, BIOSENSE
AND SAINT JUDE.
CENTRO
NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA, AND HOSPITAL ALEMAN, MANAGUA
NELSON SALAZAR, MD. DIRECTOR
information Supplied by Randy Stephens,
JOAQUIN G. ARCINIEGAS, MD, CARDIOLOGIST, ALABAMA
R. JESSIE STEPHENS, DSM ALABAMA
SURGERIES PERFORMED MEDICAL
SUPPLIES CAME FROM MEDTRONIC
12 DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKERS
IMPLANTED
1 DUAL CHAMBER DEFIBRILLATORS
1 BIVENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATOR
CENTRO NACIONAL DE OFTALMOLOGIA (CENAO), MANAGUA
FRANCISCA RIVAS, MD. DIRECTOR
RETINA
SURGERY
RICHARD FEIST, RETINOLOGIST, ALABAMA Information
provided by Dr. Feist
CLAUDIA AYALA, COA, ALABAMA
WILLIAM GOGGANS, OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN, ALABAMA
JACK FEIST, ALABAMA
PROCEDURES PERFORMED
14
VITRECTOMIES ALL WERE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOCTORS TEACHING AND
TRAINING AT (CENAO)
MEDICATION DONATED BY ALCON
150 DOSES OF AVASTIN USED TO TREAT NUMEROUS
RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL DISORDERS
25 DOSES OF SILICONE OIL
OVER 25 DOSES OF “HEAVY LIQUID” TO REPAIR
COMPLEX RETINAL DETACHMENTS.
25 VITRECTOMY PACKS
THAT CAN BE USED
FOR SEVERAL SURGERIES
HOSPITAL
AMISTAD JAPON- NICARAGUA, GRANADA,
NICARAGUA
YELBA LOGO,
MD:
DIRECTOR
JOSE SANTOS MEZA, MD:
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OPHTHALMOLOGY
MICHAEL ALSTON CALLAHAN, MD, ALABAMA
Information provided by Dr. Callahan
SUPPLIES DONATED BY ALLERGAN, ALCON, MAP INTERNATIONAL
CYNACON-OCUSOFT
JOHN
PARKER, MD. ALABAMA
MARK DRABKIN, MD.
CALIFORNIA
JOHANNA RAMIREZ, MD GRANADA
LEANDRO CHAMORRO, MD. MANAGUA
ANESTHESIA:
JERALD CLANTON, MD, ALABAMA
JOE STOWELL, CRNA,
NORTH CAROLINA
BIOMETRY
LYNN GUZMAN, KEITH HODGE, SCOTT
CHRAMER(Videographer) ALABAMA
TRANSLATORS:
ANA MUNOZ ,
CALIFORNIA
LAURA CANTERA, NEW YORK
VOLUNTEERS
BONNIE PARKER, ALLISON PARKER, ALABAMA
KELLY MILLS , NORTH CAROLINA
APPROXIMATELY 250 PATIENTS WERE SEEN IN
OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC
59 SURGERIES
42 CATARACTS, 5 CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS, 9
STRABISMUS, 1 PTOSIS,
1 CANCER OF THE EYE, 1 HYPHEMA (TRAUMATIC
BLEEDING IN THE EYE)
OPTOMETRY
PATTI FUHR,
OD, PH.D, ALABAMA
Dr. Fuhr provided information
JEROME D. POTTS, OPTICIAN (RETIRED) FLORIDA
GREGORY L. KANE,
OD
FLORIDA
ABIDIN YILDIRIM, PH.D
ALABAMA
SATURDAY OPTOMETRY SCREENED PATIENTS FOR
OPHTHALMOLOGISTS.
700 PATIENTS WERE EXAMINED AND 660 PAIRS OF
GLASSES WERE DISPENSED.
30 SPECIAL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE PRESCRIBED.
ProVision,
VOSH INTERNATIONAL CLINIC IN MANAGUA, HELPED WITH ARRANGEMENTS , PROVIDED
GLASSES AND MADE SPECIAL PRESCRIPTIONS.
GASTROENTEROLOGY
W. ROGER CARLISLE, M.D. F.A.C.P.,
ALABAMA
Information provided by Dr. Carlisle
ROSSENBERG DUARTE, MD
GRANADA
GUILLERMO GOMEZ, MD. GRANADA
ESTHER ARGUELLO, MD
GRANADA
I spent much time training Roberto Balladares
on new and basic techniques of upper GI endoscopy.
I collaborated with the doctors and felt that most
of my beneficial efforts involved current and ongoing medical education.
PROCEDURES PERFORMED
29 UPPER GI ENDOSCOPIES
1
COLONOSCOPIES AND POLYPECTOMY
2
FULL COLONOSCOPIES
1
BANDING VARICEAL BLEEDER
1
VARICEAL BLEEDER
WE
DID 8 COLLABORATIONS WITH ENT DOCTORS
PATIENTS REFERRED FROM ALABAMA GRANADA CLINIC WERE
EXAMINED, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD LITTLE SIGNIFICANT PATHOLOGY, THEY DID HAVE
SEVERE SERIOUS ONGOING SYMPTOMS.
I FELT THE VERY GOOD AND CAREFUL
EVALUATION GAVE PATIENTS BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SYMPTOMS AND HOW TO
CARE FOR THEIR DISEASE IN THE FUTURE.
GIVING THE PATIENTS CLEAR INFORMATION
AND REASSURANCE SEEMED TO MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE IN MEDICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.
LACK
OF SPACE FOR RECOVERY AND LIMITED ANESTHESIA CAUSED BY LIMITED OXYGEN SUPPLY
CONTRIBUTED TO PATIENT DISCOMFORT.
ONE COLONOSCOPE AND TWO ENDOSCOPES WERE BROKEN.
I USED THE ENDOSCOPE THAT I BROUGHT
FROM THE STATES.
BACK
UP LIGHTING WAS DISCUSSED AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO RETRIEVE THE 2
ENDOSCOPES AND COLONOSCOPES FOR REPAIR IN THE UNITED STATES.
I
BELIEVE ONGOING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
VITAL PART OF HEALTH CARE IN NICARAGUA
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