GASTRO INTESTINAL EQUIPMENT WAS
DONATED BY DR. DENTON
ORTHOPEDICS
MIKE
BRAGER, MD.
SUPPLIED INFORMATION
ELIE
KHOURY, MD
JUAN
BARBERENA, MD
THE SURGICAL CASES WE DID WERE:
9 Total Knee Replacements
1 Intramedullary nailing tibia fracture
1 Open reduction / Internal fixation elbow fracture
1 Open reduction / internal fixation distal femur / knee fracture
1 distal femoral osteotomy for valgus malalignment (pediatric)
1 foot tendon transfer for acquired planovalgus deformity (pediatric)1
closed reduction / casting for ankle deformity
We evaluated and treated approximately 125 patients in clinic for
various traumatic, degenerative, and congenital problems.
OBSTETRICS/ GYNECOLOGY
DAVID
HACKNEY, MD
SUPPLIED INFORMATION
DANIELLE PATTERSON, MD
SUPPLIED INFORMATION
CARLOS ERNESTO QUIJANO, MD, DIRECTOR DEPT. OF GYNECOLOGY
YELKA
MARTINEZ BERMUDEZ, MD, MARBELY RODRIGUEZ, MD,
TRANSLATORS: NILSA OCASIO, RN and ANA
BURGOS
Drs.
Hackney and Patterson reported treating 128 patients in Ob/Gyn Clinic.
Dr.Patterson did 2 surgeries: one colpocleisis on an 83 year old woman
with complete prolapse. She also did one suburethral sling on a 53 year
old woman with stress incontinence.
Dr.
Hackney had shipped two used, but fully functioning “Philip ALT 5000”
ultrasound machines. These
were donated by University of Rochester Medical Center. He alloted time
for teaching Drs.Quijano and
Bermudez their function.
Four ultrasounds were performed on pregnant women on Friday.
Dr. Hackney continues to e-mail with Dr. Bermudez on operation of
the machines.
Drs.
Hackney and Patterson brought
their own antibiotics: Bactrim, Flagyl, Doxycycline.
They had to order locally: Clotrimazole ovules and Metrol ovules.
Tylenol, Ibuprofen and Vitamins which had been donated in the
US were acquired from Alabama Granada Clinic.
Found no herpes cases, so acyclovir they brought was not needed.
Drs.
Hackney and Patterson each donated a unit of blood at the local blood
bank.
PEDIATRICS
LISA
HACKNEY, MD. ;BRYANT E. BENSON, MD. AND SUZANNE GOKEY, RN
VOLUNTEERS: LAVERNE RAMSEY,
SUPPLIED INFORMATION
LINDA
KUSH; ALLISON, MELISSA AND REBECCA PARKER
TRANSLATORS: ADELA LACAYO
AND THELMA LACAYO
Three
Hundred and thirty three pediatric
patients were seen and treated.
Meds were prescribed and
toys were given.
DENTAL CLINIC
Iradj
Sooudi, DMD.
SUPPLIED INFORMATION
Noel
Lopez, MD
Oral Surgeon
assisted by Dr. Ivania Mendez Bermudez,
Granada
Dental assistant Delmis Murillo Acevedo,
Granada
85
patients were examined, 52 male, 33 female
SERVICE PROVIDED BY DENTIST:
·
19
extractions and surgical procedures
·
39
patients received fillings.
·
27
patients received oral
prophylaxis.
·
10
patients visited us for dental consultations.
·
Oldest patient seen
was 66 and youngest was 04 yrs.
All patients received toothbrushes donated by Colgate and tooth
paste with verbal and illustrated instructions for better oral hygiene.
“Moral
and emotional rewards for my services are beyond the word satisfaction.
I got more out of this than I truly provided for the wonderful people
of Nicaragua”.
Iradj Sooudi, DMD.
ALABAMA
GRANADA
CLINIC
NICHOLAS
LOON, MD. NEPHROLOGIST/ENDOCRINOLOGIST
WEILY
SOONG,
MD.
ALLERGIST; ELQUIS CASTILLO,
MD. ONCOLOGIST
JUDY LOON
CRNP; JANET REEVES, CRNP; CLAIRE GORDON,
PHARMACIST
CLINIC
DOCTORS: RENE CASTILLO AND SILVIO PICADO, MD
VOLUNTEERS TRANSLATING:
LOWELL
SMITH, RN; NILSA OCASIO, RN; JANET SANDINO; CECILIA
BURGOS
CLINIC MANAGERS: ABBOTT WILLIAMS & CHERYL WILLIAMS:
LORI
FEIST, RN., LAURI SOONG, DEIRDRE LOON worked triage.
562PATIENTS WERE EXAMINED AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ADMINISTERED.
OF
562: 283 WERE NEW TO OUR
CLINIC.
INFORMATION
SUPPLIED BY CHERYL WILLIAMS
DR.
NICK LOON WORKS WITH THE DIABETIC PATIENTS, HIS SPECIALTY.
HE CLOSELY EXAMINES AND, IN HIS TEACHING MODE, SHARES HIS KNOWLEDGE
AND TECHNIQUES OF TREATING DIABETES WITH DR. CASTILLO, ONE OF OUR ALABAMA
GRANADA CLINICA DOCTORS.
JUDY
LOON, CRNP, SPECIALIZES IN TREATMENT OF DIABETICS. SHE CONDUCTED A SEMINAR
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
NUTRITION WAS THE FOCUS OF THE SEMINAR AND SHE USED POWER POINT AND
TELEVISION TO REACH HER AUDIENCE.
INFORMATION ABOUT DIABETES WAS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. FORTY TWO
PATIENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
BESIDES
SEEING AND TREATING PATIENTS, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY WITH THE NICARAGUAN DOCTORS.
DR. SOONG HAS TAUGHT THROUGH THE YEARS.
AS AN ALLERGIST, PATIENTS EXHIBITING THESE SYMPTOMS ARE REFERRED TO
DR. SOONG.
AS STATED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WE STRIVE TO BRING MEDICAL EDUCATION TO
OUR COUNTERPARTS IN NICARAGUA.
BESIDES TEACHING WITHIN CLINICS,
MEDICAL LECTURES THIS YEAR WERE GIVEN: BREAST CANCER BY DR ELQUIS CASTILLO,
UPDATE IN DIABETES BY DR.
NICK LOON AND BASICS OF ALLERGY BY DR WEILY SOONG, THESE LECTURES WERE
MODERATED AND TRANSLATED BY DR. RODOLFO VARGAS
AT HOSPITAL
METROPOLITANO "VIVIAN PELLAS, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
KEITH HODGE, ONE OF THE BIOMETRY SPECIALISTS, CONTRIBUTED A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TIME REPAIRING EQUIPMENT IN GRANADA.
HE REPAIRED 2 STERILIZERS FOR THE OPERATING ROOM AND TROUBLESHOT 2
OTHER STERILIZERS. PRELIMINARY
DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN MADE AND PARTS TO REPAIR STERILIZERS WILL BE ORDERED AND
INSTALLED ON HIS NEXT VISIT
(POTENTIALLY IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER).
HE INSTALLED A SWITCH FOR THE SUCTION LINE ON DENTIST CHAIR # 2.
REPAIRED THE RAISE/LOWER FUNCTION OF THE EXAMINATION CHAIR IN
OPHTHALMOLOGY. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENTS ON THE CHART RECORDER FOR THE EKG/ECG
MACHINE SO THAT IT WOULD BE USABLE.
REPAIR PART TO BE ORDERED.
BROUGHT BACK THE FETAL MONITOR FOR REPAIR, HOPEFULLY TO RETURN IT IN
AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
LARRY CLANTON, A RETIRED ELECTRICIAN, WORKED ON CALIBRATING EQUIPMENT IN
ANESTHESIA. HE EXAMINED A DRYER
AT THE ASYLUM PROVIDENCIA AND BOUGHT A DRYER FOR THEM TO USE IN LIEU OF
DRYING CLOTHES ON THE GROUND.
ABBOTT WILLIAMS, JOHN PARKER, FRANCES OWENS AND SCOTT CHRAMER CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS MUCH NEEDED DRYER.
WE WERE JOINED THIS YEAR BY DR. ALI MADANI WHO CAME TO DO A “FIRST HAND
OBSERVATION STUDY OF THE STATE OF HEALTH CARE
IN NICARAGUA”.
OUR GRATITUDE:
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS
FROM: ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH AND SOUTH
CAROLINA, MICHIGAN, ENGLAND AND NEW YORK.
WITHOUT YOU, OUR MISSION WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU BRING YOUR SKILLS, PAY YOUR OWN EXPENSES AND WORK IN SOMETIMES,
FRUSTRATING SITUATIONS TO HELP THE POOR IN NICARAGUA.
TO ABBOTT WILLIAMS and
CHERYL WILLIAMS, WHO WORK WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF OUR TRIP TO MAKE OUR
“MISSION
POSSIBLE”.
SPECIAL
THANKS ALSO TO ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS, FOR YOUR DONATIONS
YOUR DONATIONS HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR ANNUAL TRIPS TO BRING
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR OF NICARAGUA.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE MEANS TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE AND EQUIP THE
ALABAMA-GRANADA CLINIC WHERE TWO NICARAGUAN
DOCTORS, RENE CASTILLO AND SILVIO PICADO,
SEE PATIENTS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
TO LIBERATING TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPUTERS GIVEN TO MEDICAL STUDENTS
TO
MEDTRONIC FOR THE DONATION OF 12
PACEMAKERS AND ACCESSORIES AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THEIR TECHNICAL
REPRESENTATIVE BRAD BOLEN WHO CAME TO ASSIST.
TO ALCON
LABORATORIES WHO KINDLY DONATED INTRAOCULAR LENSES, GOWN PACKS AND
ACCOMPANYING SUPPLIES. THEY
PROVIDED A
VITRECTOMY MACHINE IN NICARAGUA FOR OUR USE.
ALCON HAS AIDED OUR EFFORTS FOR 10 YEARS.
TO
BROOKWOOD
MEDICAL CENTER
AND CALLAHAN EYE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FOR YOUR PRESENT AND PAST SUPPORT.
TO ALABAMA EYE
BANK FOR DONATION OF CORNEAS.
TO NATIONAL CENTER
OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (CENAO) DIRECTOR DR.
FRANCISCA RIVAS AND DR.
ABRAHAM DELGADO
TO NATIONAL CENTER
OF CARDIOLOGY, DIRECTOR, DR. NELSON SALAZAR
TO HOSPITAL
AMISTAD JAPON-NICARAGUA
DIRECTOR, DR. JUAN BARRIOS AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DR. YELBA LOGO
TO THE MILITARY
HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, DR RENE DARCE AND DR HUGO ARGUELLOS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
CERTAINLY OUR THANKS ALWAYS TO:
SRA, FÁTIMA LACAYO de SÁENZ AND HER HUSBAND JAIME
SAENZ, HE IS ALWAYS CHECKING ON THE WELFARE OF THE CLNIC, TO CECILIA BURGOS,
OUR MANAGER AND GUSTAVO GUITIERREZ
WHO KEEP THE CLINIC FUNCTIONING ALL DURING THE YEAR.
THANKS TO THE NICARAGUAN VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY DURING THE YEAR WHEN
WE ARE NOT PRESENT. |
