Surgery Center Ready for Equipment
Holding a drawing marble, as if it were the jewel of the project itself, John Jones beams with the realization that the 7 year incubation of the envisioned surgical center in Sabalos, Nicaragua now has emerged. Recently returned from his church related vision project in the surrounding area, John brought his first hand account with photos of the immaculate new 2,000 sq foot newly completed wing at the Sabalos regional health center in the wide-spot-in-the-river village of Sabalos. See the club's Home page for the most recent photos of the staff in their soon to be state-of-the-art Surgicenter.
Sunrise Rotary is in the final phase of this nearly decade-long development project. Sunrise and our community partners raised over $100,000 which was sufficient to construct the building. The final phase, providing equipment and fixtures will be enhanced by District 5130 and Rotary International Foundation Global Grant funding. Diagnostic instruments such as digital X-ray and ultrasound are planned, empowering doctors to routinely assess and treat traumatic injury as well as monitor the regions pregnancies for possible complications and intervene well in advance of heretofore unforeseen, avoidable life-threatening emergencies. Surgeries are expected to be available by late this year or early 2018.
Sunrise Rotary has scheduled it's every other year vision and dental project to Nicaragua between January 27 and February 4, 2018. Contact John Jones if you would like to join in the service and celebration of this life-changing, landmark opportunity!!
