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Student Outreach: Florida to Uganda
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Student Outreach: Florida to Uganda

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Student Outreach: Florida to Uganda

High School students in Florida send science textbooks with medical supplies Today, some of us sorted through the supplies and equipment CardioStart shipped to Mulago Hospital a few months ago. Among the shipment was four large boxes packed with science textbooks given by Dan Carella, a high school science teacher, and some of his students in Florida. In fact, Dan and some of students helped pack the 40-foot container at the CardioStart office in Tampa. I was asked to help find a local school that would like these great books. [...]

By Joyce Major|2017-02-01T22:15:02-05:00November 12th, 2012|Blog1, Homepage Featured, News|0 Comments

Donated ECG machine helps Peru pediatrics

In US hospitals and other developed countries, diagnostic medical equipment is prevalent. However, in many underdeveloped countries, like Peru, common cardiac assessment tools, like an electrocardiography machine or ECG (often called EKG), is often in need of repair, outdated, or simply nonexistent. Dr. Mariano Brizzio & Lourdes Cuadros, RN When CardioStart’s Mission Director, Dr. Mariano Brizzio, was preparing for the upcoming mission to Arequipa, Peru, in September 2012, he discovered that Honorio Delgado Hospital did not have an ECG for use with pediatric patients. Hospital staff would often use the ECG from another department [...]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:02-05:00October 31st, 2012|News|0 Comments

20 Lives Saved in Peru
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20 Lives Saved in Peru

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20 Lives Saved in Peru

Thirty-four volunteers, skilled in cardiovascular surgery, assessment and post-operative intensive care, ventured to Arequipa, Peru, for CardioStart’s 10th cardiac surgical mission to Honorio Delgado Hospital. Volunteers hailed from across the US, Canada, Italy and Argentina to form a cohesive medical team during the two-week mission, concluding October 6, 2012. Thanks to the leadership of Mission Director and cardiac surgeon, Dr. Mariano Brizzio, the mission was a huge success. Over the previous nine missions to Arequipa, CardioStart strived to implement a sustainable cardiovascular program at Honorio Delgado Hospital. This year, important [...]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:05-05:00October 11th, 2012|News, Past Missions|0 Comments

Uganda Awaits CardioStart Team
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Uganda Awaits CardioStart Team

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Uganda Awaits CardioStart Team

With a waiting list of 100 adults and 200 children in need of cardiac surgery, a CardioStart surgical team will be welcomed to Uganda Heart Institute in Kampala, Uganda, Africa. The 10-year-old hospital is leaning on five international cardiac teams to help them develop their program through a 5-year plan. The Heart Institute’s needs are great. With various types of medical equipment in need of repair, biomed personnel can be instrumental in helping. A new cardiac catheterization lab was recently opened and can use interventional cardiac support, especially with pediatrics. [...]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:06-05:00September 7th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Uganda 2012 Mission

CardioStart announces our 2012 inaugural mission to Uganda, Africa, November 4 –16. We invite you to participate on this team. This is both an adult and pediatric surgical mission. As part of the mission, we will assist the Mulago University Hospital (MUH) in their 5-year development plan to establish pediatric heart surgery and cardiology intervention services. To date, MUH has made advances in pediatric cardiac evaluation and surgery, and the evolution of a cardiac catheter laboratory. […]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:07-05:00September 7th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Supporter Raises $10K for CardioStart Missions

Holly Sackett has a passion for helping others, especially those in developing countries. And she has proven once again that she can instill her passion for helping those in need to others by organizing a successful fundraiser. Sackett invited CardioStart founder, Dr. Aubyn Marath to the event to share his personal experiences of performing free heart surgery around the globe over the past 25 years. […]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:07-05:00September 6th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Retail Program in Sisters, Oregon, Helps Charity
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Retail Program in Sisters, Oregon, Helps Charity

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Retail Program in Sisters, Oregon, Helps Charity

Shari Maquire, a retired entrepreneur who owned two retail clothing stores is using her expertise to the great benefit of CardioStart by creating the first CardioStart retail store. “CardioStart ReSale Thrift” is it’s own non-profit entity, separate from CardioStart International but who’s primary purpose is to support the charity. The store, relying on donated items from volunteers, the general public as well as specialty items picked up on missions which will be sold with the proceeds going to the charity. In the past, CardioStart has managed to find local artisans [...]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:07-05:00September 5th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Hand-held ECHO Donated to Vietnam

Dr. Candace Dick, a busy Cardiologist with the University of MN Physicians has a heart to help others. Unfortunately, she is not at a place in her life where she can take time out of her practice to accompany a mission. This hurdle does not stop her from making an ongoing contribution to the care of poor heart patients in developing countries. Dr. Dick asked team coordinator Tien Truong what she needed for the 2011 Vietnam mission. Tien sheepishly asked her for an echocardiography machine. The good Doctor did not [...]

By Janine Henson|2017-02-01T22:15:08-05:00September 4th, 2012|News|0 Comments