YUCATAN From April through October of this year, the tri-partite network of Lifeline, American Airlines and Mercy Hospital of Des Moines addressed the cardiac needs of 25 children. The children ranged in age from 19…
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A multinational mission group led by Dr. Womack traveled to Panama in October 2012. The group included two pediatric cardiologists from Nicaragua and Costa Rica and two from Panama. The goal was to establish regional…
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This year, Children’s Lifeline partnered with CardoStart and Dr. Aubyn Marath for another mission to Peru. The 2012 volunteer medical team included members from four countries and 8 different US states. The team returned to…
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During April of this year, Children’s Lifeline teamed up with Lighthouse Medical Missions for a clinical mission to The Gambia. The team assembled a temporary clinic for mission services. Over the course of five days,…
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A team of neonatologists, neonatal nurses and respiratory therapists from Johns Hopkins University, Frederick Memorial Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital participated in the 2012 neonatology mission to Ecuador. Led by Dr. Fabio Olarte, the physicians…
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Dr. Robert Hamilton from Pacific Ocean Pediatrics recently returned from his first mission to Kyrgyzstan after a friend of his, Cornelia Hewitt, told him about two orphanages with children in dire need of medical attention. …
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Annually, Children’s Lifeline funds medical missions to Ghana. Dr. Francis Fynn-Thompson of Boston Children’s Hospital has led the cardiac mission since 2007. The host hospital is Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital located in Kumasi, Ghana’s second…
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One of Lifeline’s new mission leaders is Dr. Ulrika Green who specializes in Cardiac Electrophysology. The team will implant pacemakers and perform cardiac ablation procedures in India, in March of 2013. She will be accompanied…
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Just before the team from Boston Children’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard University, left for Ghana in October of this year, Children’s Lifeline received a plea from a child’s father: “Please accept my congratulations for…
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Two children having the basis for their relationship – severe heart conditions. They happen to come to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Both were assessed by the Mission Team from Hearts and Minds –…
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