Southwest Chapter Contact Information

Contact: Bobbye Krehbiel, Acting Exec Director

Address: 1112 San Pedro NE, Box #203, Albuquerque, NM 87110

Phone: (505) 228-1404

Web: www.healingthechldrensw.org

A Small Step Toward Better Children’s Health

April 20, 2012 by HTC · Leave a Comment 

Dr. Polly Primm with Vaporizer

Dr. Primm, one of the anesthesiologists who accompanied the team to Santiago Texacuangos,  is holding a sevoflurane vaporizer which she borrowed from a local Albuquerque hospital and assembled on one of the machines at Hospital La Divina Providencia during a surgical trip in March 2012.  Using sevoflurane over isoflurane is highly preferred for children, but [...]

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A Story of Stamina…

March 29, 2012 by HTC · Leave a Comment 

Reina

Reina, age ten,  lives on a small island off the pacific coast of El Salvador.   Despite her cleft lip and palate she is doing well in school and is reportedly a good student.   She and her mother had to travel using one boat and three buses to arrive at Hospital La Divina Providencia [...]

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Albuquerque Fundraiser

February 10, 2012 by HTC · Leave a Comment 

Join us for an exclusive Glitz and Glamour fundraising event!
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5-8pm
Albuquerque Center for Plastic Surgery
5203 Juan Tabo
Albuquerque, NM 87111
http://www.healingthechildrensw.org/

You’ll get a glimpse of the Spring Fashion Collection from Etcetera, a great choice of handbags, jewelry and accessories from Silk Road Connection and an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of cosmetic [...]

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Ada Returns to New Mexico

December 12, 2011 by htcsw2 · Leave a Comment 

The following  is a message from foster parent Carol Eiffert dated  November 2011:
“In May, our family was over-joyed to have Ada return to our home. Ada has been considered part of our family since she was first brought to the US for surgery by Healing the Children SW when she was only three years old. [She was severely burned [...]

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Hospital Dario Machuca, La Troncal, Ecuador

December 12, 2011 by htcsw2 · Leave a Comment 

We were invited to take over their one operating room to help children needing plastic surgery.   Surgeons George Hoer and David Oberdorfer were joined by anesthesiologist Gary Doolittle, nurses Kate Doolittle, Allison Godchaux, Laura Weisgerber, physical therapist Susan Doolittle, student Julia, and 3 to 5 local Ecuadoran medical school residents.   Our contact was [...]

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