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| Press Releases |
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Press Release Sept 11, 2007/NewsTimesLive.com
Ridgefield pair open clinic in Ecuador By Susan Tuz
RIDGEFIELD -- Vicente Suntaxi came to Ridgefield last week bringing clothing and crafts from artisans in Ecuador.
He will return to Ecuador Sept. 23 with medicine.
Suntaxi is an Ecuadorean businessman who put up money and used his influence to help two Ridgefield medical professionals -- Dr. Patricia Jorquera and physician's assistant Jens Haerter -- open a clinic in his country. Read More...
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Press Release Nov 12, 2006/The Ridgefield Press
HELPING OTHERS: Ridgefield couple brings health aid to Ecuador By Chipp Reid
It’s the age-old joke – people get sick and go to the doctor. The physician hands out a couple of pills and says, “Call me in the morning.” An old joke, but one that also seemingly sums up how Americans view health care. It’s always there, always available and arguably, the best in the world.
For people in the developing world, however, health care is no joke. It’s also either unavailable or unaffordable. Read More...
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Press Release Nov 30, 2006/ The Darien Times
Healthier third world: How they can do it themselves By Chipp Reid
It’s the age-old joke – people get sick and go to the doctor. The physician hands out a couple of pills and says, “Call me in the morning.” An old joke, but one that also seemingly sums up how Americans view health care. It’s always there, always available and arguably, the best in the world.
For people in the developing world, however, health care is no joke. It’s also either unavailable or unaffordable. Read more...
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Press Release November 2006
HealtheClinic Returns to Latin America By Chipp Reid
Ridgefield-based non profit HealtheClinic returns to Ecuador this November to continue the project of enabling local people to provide their own community-based healthcare. Read More...
Read this press release published in Spanish in the "El Canillita Periodico de los Latinos en Conneticut"
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January 25, 2006
Eyes Wide Open - A Letter from Guatemala. By Monique Tello - Health eClinic Special Advisor
Published in "Yale Medicine" the Alumni Journal of the Yale University School of Medicine - Summer 2002
The suffering of the boy who had fallen into boiling water was like the misery of the city’s streets: possible for some to ignore but searing to a medical student working in the hospital’s burn unit.
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August, 2005
Reporting from the field - A Tsunami Story By Monique Tello - Health eClinic Special Advisor
A series of bizarre coincidences sent me to Sri Lanka after the December 26 tsunami.
Read this first hand report here...
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May 29, 2005
Reporting from the field - My Volunteering Experiences in Quito By Cliff Gobin
Read this first hand report here...
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April 29, 2005
Ridgefielders Reaching Out through the Web
Read this article here...
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April 28, 2005
Acorn Press, Ridgefield, Conn. USA Internet-based non profit to aid health care abroad
Read this article here... |
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