Global Healing

GLOBAL HEALING PROMOTES HEALTH CARE REFORM IN AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE MODERN MEDICAL HEALTH CARE IS NOT AVAILABLE. GLOBAL HEALING AIMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, RATHER THAN SHORT-TERM OR EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS.

HONDURAS: GLOBAL HEALING CONDUCTED A STUDY AND FOUND PUBLIC HOSPITAL ROATAN'S HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE WAS AT A DISMAL RATE OF 3.9% THAT CAN LEAD TO DEADLY INFECTIONS. WITH THE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION OF DR. ELHAM MANDEGARI AND FUNDING FROM THE IZUMI FOUNDATION, IN LESS THAN A YEAR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE REACHED A RATE OF 64% AMONG HOSPITAL STAFF. DESPITE WATER SHORTAGES, THIS HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR OF SUCCESS OF DR. MANDEGARI'S TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH TRAINED OVER 240 NURSES, 60 DOCTORS, 10 LAB TECHNICIANS AND TWO SOCIAL WORKERS WHO IN TURN TAUGHT OVER 100 PATIENTS IN BASIC HAND HYGIENE PRACTICES. IN MAY 2022, DR. NEHALI MEHTA, A UCSF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY FELLOW, PRESENTED A NEWBORN NEUROLOGICAL EXAM TRAINING VIA ZOOM TO THE PEDIATRIC, ER, AND NURSING STAFF AT THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL ROATAN. IT WAS ATTENDED BY 12 HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERS, AS WELL AS STAFF FROM NEARBY CLINICA ESPERANZA. VOLUNTEER NURSE BARBARA JEAN STOWE ALSO EDUCATED THE STAFF ON RISK FACTORS FOR NEWBORN HYPOGLYCEMIA AND DEMONSTRATED HOW TO USE THE GLUCOMETER TO CHECK AN INFANT?S GLUCOSE LEVEL. GLOBAL HEALING AND DR. ERIC SCHER HAVE BEEN PROVIDING EQUIPMENT FOR THIS DIAGNOSTIC TO BE IMPLEMENTED. IN ADDITION, DR. SCHER TRAINED STAFF ON THE USE AND RATIONAL FOR AED TO ER STAFF AND SAVED THE LIVES OF 6 PATIENTS. DR. ERIC SCHER MOBILIZED SUPPORTERS IN DONATING 5 BILIRUBIN BEDS USED TO TREAT NEWBORNS WITH JAUNDICE. THE BEDS WERE DONATED BY MARIN HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE HELP OF THE NURSING DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN UNIT, ANNE LUPUS. THE DEVICES WERE TRANSPORTED BY DR. AMY WHITE HOCKENBROCK, A FAMILY CARE PRACTICE PHYSICIAN FROM BERKLEY AND KETURAH PRESCOTT. THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL ROATAN DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER WORKING PHOTOTHERAPY LIGHTS TO TREAT THIS CONDITION, SO THIS DONATION SERVED A CRITICAL NEED FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR NEWBORNS IN ROATAN. IN NOVEMBER 2022, GLOBAL HEALING SPONSORED A SURGICAL BRIGADE LED BY DR. KARLA CERRITOS, PEDIATRICIAN AND COORDINATOR OF GLOBAL HEALING'S ROATAN VOLUNTEER PEDIATRIC CLINIC (RVPC) AND DR. ENRIQUE TOME, PEDIATRICIAN AND PEDIATRIC SURGEON FROM TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS. THE TEAM OF 15 DOCTORS, NURSES AND SURGICAL TECHNICIANS SCHEDULED 20 PEDIATRIC SURGERIES OVER 4 DAYS. HOWEVER, 9 PATIENTS WERE INFECTED WITH COVID-19, SO THE MEDICAL BRIGADE PERFORMED 11 LIFE ENHANCING SURGERIES OVER 3 DAYS.

GEORGIA: JO ANN MEDICAL CENTER HAS OFFICIALLY PARTNERED WITH THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND HAS BEEN RENAMED JO ANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (JAUH), THE FIRST UNIVERSITY-ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL IN GEORGIA. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER, AS BOTH SHARE A SIMILAR VISION IN IMPROVING MEDICAL OUTCOMES IN GEORGIA THROUGH QUALITY MEDICAL EDUCATION. SHARING RESOURCES WITH THE UNIVERSITY, JAUH NOW HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO GROW MUCH FASTER AND GLOBAL HEALING'S DECISION TO COMPLETELY WRITE OFF THE $1 MILLION NO-INTEREST LOAN AND TURN IT INTO A GRANT AND HAS ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT LEEWAY TOWARDS BUILDING THE FIRST PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CENTER IN THE COUNTRY. IN A CONTINUED EFFORT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, GLOBAL HEALING, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AVMEDICAL, WAS ABLE TO DONATE A LARGE SHIPMENT OF OVER 120,000 KN95 MASKS TO DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE CENTERS IN TBILISI. ABOUT 40% OF THE ADULT POPULATION IN GEORGIA ARE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19, AND IN NOVEMBER 2022 THE HEAD OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND AIDS CENTRE IN TBILISI URGED THE PUBLIC TO GET THEIR COVID-19 VACCINES OR ITS BOOSTER DOSES. JAUH CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD IN BUILDING THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY FACILITY IN THE REGION WITH THE GENEROUS ASHA GRANT FROM USAID, INCLUDING PURCHASING ADJACENT LAND, EXTERIOR LANDSCAPING, AND ROAD WORK. AS PART OF THE GRANT, MEDICAL PLANNING WITH ST. JUDE?S RESEARCH HOSPITAL HAS BEGUN.