Despite having the largest population in Africa, the country of Nigeria has no established cardiac surgical programs. An estimated 95% of all Nigerians live without essential medical services. In light of this urgent need, CardioStart has decided to expand cardiovascular surgery programs in this country by organizing this mission to Lagos in June
ADULT CARDIAC & CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY MISSION SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC April 29 – May 5, 2018 The International Missions Committee representing CardioStart is pleased to announce the mission to Clinica Corazones Unidos Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This mission will focus on ADULT patients. […]
HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANT CENTER, BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL April 6-14, 2018 You are cordially invited to participate in CardioStarts’ 2018 Mission to Nepal at the Human Organ Transplant Center (HOTC) in the historic city of Bhaktapur. After performing the first adult heart surgery case in 2016, we will return to advance the cardiovascular program and perform rheumatic disease screening & education in satellite villages of the Kathmandu valley. HOTC already performs other solid organ transplants and envisions the addition of heart transplants in the future once the cardiovascular program [...]
Adult Complex Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Kan Thar Yar Hospital Yangon, MYANMAR MARCH 18-27, 2018 CardioStart announces a return mission to Yangon, Myanmar, during May 2018. The mission will use a select team of limited size. It will focus on the development of quality care practices at the inauguration of the interventional cardiology and the adult cardiac surgery programs at the new Kan Thar Yar Cardiac Hospital. This unique opportunity, to assist in the birth of a new hospital and new hospital staff, will give this small CardioStart team [...]
ECUADOR MISSION INVITATION Guayaquil, Ecuador Mission Invitation March 18-29, 2018 Gateway to the Galapagos Islands. Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR PEDIATRIC TEAM Those specializing in Pediatric heart care are cordially invited to participate in this CardioStart mission to the Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Children's Hospital Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante received gold level accreditation by Accreditation Canada International (ACI) on November 20, 2014, after meeting international quality standards [...]
Mission to Macapá, Brazil 7/30/2017 to 8/11/2017 Hospital São Camilo On July 30, the CardioStart team began its second mission at the Hospital São Camilo of Macapá, Brazil, which provides free cardiac care to impoverished patients in the region of Amapá State, located in the Brazilian Amazon area. This region is very underserved with medical care and patients have to travel sometimes hundreds of miles to get even basic care. The volunteers were welcomed by an enthusiastic local team who wanted the best care for their patients [...]
CardioStart’s 5th Mission to Kathmandu University / Dhulikhel Hospital & 2nd Mission to Human Organ Transplant Center Dhulikhel & Bhaktapur, Nepal June 2-10th, 2017 The Himalayan Range at sunrise from Dhulikhel On June 2nd, 2017 an international team of 13 volunteers traveling from Ghana, Nigeria and the United States came together to assist the people of Nepal. This was CardioStart’s fifth visit to Kathmandu University hospital in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Our first mission to help initiate the cardiac surgery program in May of 2015 overlapped with [...]
HOSPITAL DEL NINOS Lima, Peru May 20-28th 2017 In May, 2017 a CardioStart pediatric cardiac team returned to the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (Children’s) Hospital, Lima, where we had assisted previously OVERA PERIOD SPANNING 20 YEARS, to continue development of the Pediatric Cardiac Development Programs. There remain a large number of children needing evaluation; for several regions, particularly in the interior, tertiary evaluation is still not possible at the moment. The healthcare need continues to be a pressing requirement. Around 50% of the people of Peru [...]
ADULT SURGICAL MISSION SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MAY 6-13, 2017 CardioStart completed its 4th annual Adult Cardiac Surgical Mission to Santo Domingo with great success. All patients did well and were discharged within a couple days of surgery. Rheumatic Fever, caused by untreated strep throat caused many to have damaged valves at an early point in their lives leaving them debilitated. Others suffered from congenital defects that would have been repaired as infants or children but because of poverty have become adults with the defect impacting [...]
MISSION REPORT May 28-June 10, 2017 PEDIATRIC HEART SURGERY Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante, Guayaquil, Ecuador A CardioStart mission team made an inaugural visit to the Hospital del Nino Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante in Guayaquil, Ecuador on invitation by the hospital and the Fundacion El Cielo Para Los Ninos de Ecuador. The Children's Hospital Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante received gold level accreditation by Accreditation Canada International (ACI) on November 20, 2014, after meeting international health care standards of quality. This is the first [...]
