A Small Step Toward Better Children’s Health
posted April 20, 2012 by HTC
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 [...]
Read More...Medical Mission in Ecuador
posted March 31, 2012 by HTC
On February 25, 2012, a medical team of 20 healthcare professionals, volunteering with Healing the Children Kentucky chapter, arrived in Manabí Province, Ecuador. In difficult circumstances, the team completed over 150 surgeries in just four days amidst devastating flooding caused by ongoing heavy rains, severe shortages, and periodic power outages.
Read More...A Story of Stamina…
posted March 29, 2012 by HTC
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 [...]
Read More...Remembering Haiti
posted January 12, 2012 by HTC
And the world stood still…
We remember our friends – known and unknown – who have been impacted by the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti just two years ago today, on January 12, 2010. Since that time, Healing the Children Oregon and Western Washington (HTC) has made a small but impactful footprint to help this nation [...]
Making a Difference in Ethiopia
posted January 12, 2012 by HTC
Watch this clip that aired on NBC 10 in Philadelphia on January 5, 2012.
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