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After the most recent trip to Mexico, Betsy Tirado, our Logistics Director, received the following thank you letter

Admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:48:58 +0000

Heart Care Team Members with a Poster of 20 children successfully treated in Chiapas, Mexico, September 2016 After the most recent trip to Mexico, Betsy Tirado, our Logistics Director received the following thank you letter from the mother of one of the patients (translated from Spanish):

“Dear Ms. Betsy,

I wish you well! I am from Chiapas Mexico. I am Valentina’s mother, one of the girls who was operated on during the recent mission. The reason for writing is to thank you infinitely for the attention, kindness, professionalism and love that made this great work! There are not enough words to thank everyone for what they do for our children.

May God give abundant blessings to each one of you for this great blessing to us. A thousand and a million thanks! I take the liberty of writing to you because I could not thank you personally since you had said that Valentina would be discharged on Saturday but Dr. Franco discharged her on Friday afternoon! So I was not able thank you in person.

Thanks a lot! God bless all of you, continue to guide you and give the strength to be the blessing for other families.
Thank you.
Silvia, Valentina’s mom”

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El Salvador: Increasing Self-Sufficiency

Admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:38:43 +0000

Heart Care International’s volunteer medical team returned to San Salvador, El Salvador in January for a catheterization and training mission and in May for a surgical mission. Partnering with the medical professionals at the Hospital de Diagnostico and the local non-profit Sana mi Corazon, Heart Care International performed 22 heart catheterization procedures in January, and 9 surgeries in May at the Hospital de Ninos Benjamin Bloom. Host country surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists and scrub nurses performed all of the surgeries in May with the Heart Care International team supporting them.

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Second Successful Mission to Mexico April 29, 2016

Admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 05:18:55 +0000

The Heart Care International team, along with medical professionals from the Hospital de Altas Especialidades Pediatricas in Tuxtla Guttierez, Chiapas, screened 50 children and performed 20 successful open-heart surgeries on children ranging in age from 4 months to 10 years old. All treated children continue to thrive after their heart procedures. This, Heart Care’s second mission to Mexico, would not have been possible without its Mexican partners and friends: the DIF-Chiapas, the local non-profit Todo Por El Corazon de un Nino, the Mexican entities SAT and COFEPRIS, the government of Tuxtla Gutierrez and the hospital’s administration. Erendira Matzumura, Heart Care’s recently retired Executive Director, deserves credit for establishing Heart Care’s program in Mexico and guiding it into its second year there. Heart Care returns to Chiapas in September 2016 under Ms. Matzumura’s continued able leadership in her new role as Logistics Director-Mexico.

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Peruvian Mission Saves 19 More Children

Admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:39:52 +0000

HCI’s team of 43 medical professionals from around the country changed the lives of 19 Peruvian children, and their families, in HCI’s 5th year servicing this under-served population. The mission attracted media attention during the pre-screen and surgical week as word spread about the unique partnership between HCI and the hospital administrators/medical team at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Nino San Borja.

Recent media coverage can be found at:

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HCI Honored with One of the First Top-Rated Awards of 2015 from GreatNonprofits

Admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:56:54 +0000

HCI was honored with one of the first Top-Rated Awards of 2015 from GreatNonprofits. This award is a result of the great volunteers and supporters that have voted for HCI on the GreatNonprofits website. This honor ensures that HCI is featured on the GreatNonprofits website and included in the list distributed to the media and corporate foundations.

Please join these reviewers, by clicking the GreatNonprofits logo below, and cast your vote to let the world know about our inspiring work!

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Chiapas, Mexico Welcomes Team

Admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:35:55 +0000

HCI launches its first surgical mission in Chiapas, Mexico the week of September 28th 2015. With 46 team medical professionals traveling from across the US, Dominican Republic and Mexico, the children in Chiapas will be in great hands! This 5 year partnership has been strongly supported by local government officials, hospital administration and the in-country medical team. The team will perform heart surgeries on 10 – 15 children from remote locations surrounding Chiapas and will train the local medical team in the prescreening, surgical, and post operative care best practices.

Recent media coverage of the Mexico Mission can be found at:

Agencia Multimedios El Estado – Hospital Pediátrico puede Convertirse en Centro Cardiovascular Pediátrico Regional
Gaceta Mexicana – Exitosas las 12 Primeras Cirugías de Corazón en Hospital Pediátrico
Centro Regional Alta Especialidad Press Release

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