Conociendonos Peruanos -PAMS Peruvian American Medical Society - California- LA. Algunos miembros
"Conociendonos Peruanos" presenta a algunos miembros de PAMS Peruvian American Medical Society, Capitulo de California , L.A.FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT PAMS MEDICAL MISSIONS •In 2008 PAMS members have conducted 14 medical missions to Peru, including one permanent mission that focuses on cardiothoracic surgery in Lima. Thousands of patients have benefited from these missions. •$2,490,965 was donated in direct support of the PAMS missions in 2008. The cost of all missions in 2008 exceeded 20 million dollars. •The missions are conducted in the very needy areas of Peru extending from north to south, from east to west, including the coastal, mountain and jungle regions. •The needs of the people are many and their living conditions are challenging. In Cangallo, a town that is deep in the area of Ayacucho, only 33% of the people have clean drinking water, 6% have sewer facilities, 20% have electricity and the illiteracy rate among women is 43%. Thus, the high incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and high infant mortality rate. Cangallo however is not alone as there are many towns like this throughout Peru. •Volunteers are Peruvian, American and other International physicians, nurses, dentists and paramedical personnel who go to Peru at their own expense motivated by the passion to help those in desperate need of medical care. They work collaboratively with local Peruvian counterparts, sometimes including local medical schools. The care provided is free. •The missions have included internists and primary care physicians, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, hematology/oncologists, pediatricians, general and laparoscopic surgeons, ophthalmologists, orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, plastic surgeons, gynecologists, gynecology oncologists, and dentists. •The medical missions not only include education, prevention and direct patient care but also establishes modern pediatric, neonatal, gastrointestinal, cardiologic and surgical units with donated equipment that is left in Peru for further use by the local medical community. •The medical care provided by PAMS missions to the people of Peru is of the highest quality including surgical procedures that cant be conducted safely in Peru. •Volunteers and PAMS Auxiliary conduct visits to local pediatric and maternity units as well as orphanages. They facilitate medical and dental care for these children by mission members and donate clothes, shoes, computers and other necessities. More than anything however, they bring their love and affection to these special children. •PAMS also is present at times of catastrophe such as earthquakes that have devastated certain regions of the country. With the cooperation of local, private and public entities PAMS is committed to developing a Community Center in Chincha and another in Pisco to provide medical care ranging from prevention screening and early detection to appropriate care of disease in children and adults. •PAMS missions confront a number of bureaucratic impediments that limit the ability to distribute equipment, medicines and supplies necessary for missions. PAMS is working with local authorities and private industry to resolve this problem. •Everybody is capable of helping, whether by volunteering for a mission, providing economic assistance, obtaining and donating equipment and medicines, or by supporting the work of the Auxiliary. The needs are many, from elemental to complex, and all of us can contribute a grain of salt to this vast sea of need. •Please join and support the Medical Missions to Peru! PAMS Viene trabajando hace 30 anhos desde EEUU por el Peru, Nacio en 1973, en 1994 empezaron las Misiones Medicas a las zonas pobres del Peru. A la fecha, 2,008, PAMS lleva alrededor de 80 misiones medicas.Hasta el 2,006, iban mas de 6,000 operaciones realizadas y mas de 60,000 pacientes atendidos; ademas de millones de dolaresa en donaciones; estas cifras han subido hoy en dia, se calcula alrededor de 80,000 pacientes atendidos y 8,000 operaciones realizadas. Varios de los doctores de PAMS pertenecen a nuestro grupo de Peruanos del Sur de California; extendemos la invitacion a la comunidad a integrarse a PAMS.
Author: MilagrosL7
Keywords: Peru USA PAMS Misiones Medicas doctores cirugias peruanos del sur de california pacientes caridad charity
Added: November 25, 2008