High rates of uterine cancer plague Pacific Island nations and threaten the lives of adult women who have no means of early detection or treatment. To help stem the tide and provide preventive treatment, our volunteer Women’s Health team has just completed it’s third mission to Christmas Island in the isolated island nation of Kiribati, […]
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For the parents of 2 year old Iotua Nenetaake and Bwabwane Meeia, 10, it’s a dream come true that their children have been saved, thanks to the efforts of Pacific Islands Medical Aid, the leader of HeartGift Texas and heart surgeon Dr. Camile Hancock Friesen at Dell Childrens’ Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin. […]
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More than 40 lives have been saved to date by our Pacific Islands Medical Aid heart surgery program, thanks our donors, the leadership of cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. David Moore of Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas and dozens and dozens of great volunteers. What began as an outreach to Christmas Island in the […]
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Two little children diagnosed with congenital heart defects by members of our PIMA Heart Team in Tarawa late last year will be literally saved by HeartGift Austin this month. Under the direction of HeartGift’s national patient coordinator Ms. Sonya Skilling, the two patients, their mothers and Kiribati Ministry of Health nurse are scheduled to arrive […]
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For years now, every time one of our Pacific Islands Medical Aid team would visit Christmas Island in Kiribati, we would encounter Iokabwa. a little boy who walks on his knees. He would move about sometimes while sliding on the ground on pieces of cardboard, a task made much more difficult because his hands and […]
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DIABETES PIMA is planning a unique and comprehensive diabetes training and treatment program on Christmas Island in Kiribati, starting later this year… where more than 30 percent of adults suffer from Type 2 Diabetes ! It is hoped that we may be able to return twice a year to continue this mission. WOMEN’S HEALTH […]
Critical to our success with heart patients from the central Pacific are the new heart valves needed to replace defective human valves in the dozens of islanders brought to the U.S. needing life-saving surgery. CryoLife cardiovascular specialist Sherry Shaw of Plano, Texas and the firm she represents, On-X Life Technologies, Inc., have been absolutely essential […]
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Team Fights Cervical Cancer, Continues Training Program
/in Blog /by PIMAHigh rates of uterine cancer plague Pacific Island nations and threaten the lives of adult women who have no means of early detection or treatment. To help stem the tide and provide preventive treatment, our volunteer Women’s Health team has just completed it’s third mission to Christmas Island in the isolated island nation of Kiribati, […]
Children from Tarawa Get Heart Surgery
/in Blog /by PIMAFor the parents of 2 year old Iotua Nenetaake and Bwabwane Meeia, 10, it’s a dream come true that their children have been saved, thanks to the efforts of Pacific Islands Medical Aid, the leader of HeartGift Texas and heart surgeon Dr. Camile Hancock Friesen at Dell Childrens’ Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin. […]
Heart Team: More Than 40 Saved
/in Blog /by PIMAMore than 40 lives have been saved to date by our Pacific Islands Medical Aid heart surgery program, thanks our donors, the leadership of cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. David Moore of Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas and dozens and dozens of great volunteers. What began as an outreach to Christmas Island in the […]
HeartGift Austin to the Rescue
/in Blog /by PIMATwo little children diagnosed with congenital heart defects by members of our PIMA Heart Team in Tarawa late last year will be literally saved by HeartGift Austin this month. Under the direction of HeartGift’s national patient coordinator Ms. Sonya Skilling, the two patients, their mothers and Kiribati Ministry of Health nurse are scheduled to arrive […]
Shriners Honolulu Helps Little Boy Who Walks On His Knees
/in Blog /by PIMAFor years now, every time one of our Pacific Islands Medical Aid team would visit Christmas Island in Kiribati, we would encounter Iokabwa. a little boy who walks on his knees. He would move about sometimes while sliding on the ground on pieces of cardboard, a task made much more difficult because his hands and […]
Upcoming Missions
/in Blog /by PIMADIABETES PIMA is planning a unique and comprehensive diabetes training and treatment program on Christmas Island in Kiribati, starting later this year… where more than 30 percent of adults suffer from Type 2 Diabetes ! It is hoped that we may be able to return twice a year to continue this mission. WOMEN’S HEALTH […]
Thanks to Sherry Shaw and CryoLife
/in Blog /by PIMACritical to our success with heart patients from the central Pacific are the new heart valves needed to replace defective human valves in the dozens of islanders brought to the U.S. needing life-saving surgery. CryoLife cardiovascular specialist Sherry Shaw of Plano, Texas and the firm she represents, On-X Life Technologies, Inc., have been absolutely essential […]