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Traveling Clinics from the United
States Target Children for Surgery: HHH Makes It Happen
Helping Hands for Honduras (HHH) has established contacts with several
hospitals in the United States which admit children from Honduras to
perform life saving surgery, pro bono. University Medical
Center in Stony Brook, New York (in conjunction with Rotary
International (District 7260) and Gift of Life Program), Geisinger Medical Center,
International Hospital for Children, The Riley Hospital for
Children, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, The Cleveland Clinic,
and University Hospital of Cleveland have
saved the lives of over 150 Honduran children since 2000.
Helping
Hands for Honduras is responsible for obtaining and sending the
necessary medical test results to these hospitals for evaluation. Upon
acceptance, HHH works with the Consular Section in the United States Embassy In Tegucigalpa,
Honduras to obtain visas for the children and their mothers to come to
the United States for medical treatment.
The child and their mother
are flown to the United States by American Airlines through
their Miles for Kids in Need Program, and host families open
their homes to house the mother while the child awaits surgery and
recovers. To learn more about how to donate miles to American Airlines,
contact Reservations at 800-882-8880 or visit their website at
www.aa.com. It is
through these donations that these children are able to come for their
life saving surgeries.
Below are highlights of the most recent children that have been saved
through Helping Hands for Honduras and the joint efforts of the
hospitals, airlines and the Consular Section in the United States
Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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Two-month-old Suri Somarriba from
San Pedro Sula, Cortés underwent open-heart surgery at
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA. |
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Gloria Lopez and her
four-month-old son, Gabriel, are both from Olanchito, Yoro. Gabriel recently
underwent corrective heart surgery at Rainbow babies and
Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH |
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Five-month-old Edwin Portillo comes from
San Pedro Sula, Cortés. Edwin recently traveled to Le Bonheur
Children's Medical Center in Memphis, TN where he underwent
multiple heart surgeries. Edwin is now well on the way to a full
recovery and will soon be reunited with the rest of his family in
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Four -year-old
Norma Huete is from El Triunfo, Choluteca and was referred to
us by a visiting medical mission from Little Rock, Arkansas. Norma
traveled to Arkansas Children's Hospital where she underwent
corrective heart surgery to repair her congenital heart defect.
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Eighteen-month-old Cristofer Bonilla is from
Nacaome, Valle in southern Honduras. Cristofer underwent
corrective heart surgery at Children's Hospital of the King's
Daughters in Norfolk, VA. He is shown here in the Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit with his mother, Norma Bonilla. |
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With her mother by her side,
three-year-old Keylin Lopez rests before corrective heart surgery
at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk,
VA.Keylin recently returned to her home in Trojes, El Paraíso to
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Saving the Children
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This link provides a
complete list of children who received life-saving heart surgery
during 2004. |
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Saving the Children 2005 |
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This link provides a
complete list of children who received life-saving heart surgery
during 2005. |
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Saving the Children
2006 |
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This link provides a complete list
of children who received life-saving heart surgery during 2006. |
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A heartfelt thanks
to:
University Medical Center
Stony Brook, New York
Gift of Life
International
International Hospital for Children
Richmond, Virginia
Le
Bonheur Children's Medical Center Memphis,
Tennessee
Geisinger Medical Center Danville, Pennsylvania
The Riley Hospital for Children
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
University Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio
.... for all of their generous hard work with the children of
Honduras. |
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