 A Chain of Hope volunteer medical team returned from the Fundação Públicas Estadual Hospital in Belèm, Northern Brazil in June this year after a 5 day surgical and interventional cardiology mission led by Mr B Sethia and Dr John Wright.
The team, including medical and nursing staff from the Royal Brompton Hospital, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Hospital Pediatrico de Coimbra (Portugal) and Harley Street Clinic, completed 7 surgical and 3 interventional catheter procedures while spending a majority of the time giving lectures and holding intensive training programmes. The mission was a great success and the structure of future collaboration with the Fundação Públicas Estadual Hospital is now being considered. The hospital is keen to have support for its massive population. The state of Para, where the hospital is based, has over 7 million inhabitants.
A heartfelt thank you goes out the medical staff and nursing staff who so kindly donated their time and skills to this mission as well as all of the fantastic local staff at the Fundação Públicas Estadual Hospital in Belèm.
Surgeon Mr B Sethia RBH
Cardiologist Dr John Wright BCH
Anaesthetist Dr Brian Keogh RBH
Perfusionist Stan Brown RBH
Intensivist Fiona Reynolds BCH
Intensive Care Nurse Fergal O’Malley HSC
Intensive Care Nurse Andrea Harrold RBH
Intensive Care Nurse Margot Pitman RBH
Intensive Care Nurse Karen Byrne BCH
Intensive Care Nurse Helen Bogwandas BCH (Nurse Educator)
RBH – Royal Brompton Hospital
BCH – Birmingham Children’s Hospital
HSC – Harley St Clinic
2 year old Evelyna Sousa pictured here with her mother only days after her life saving heart surgery
Photos of the mission can be seen in our image gallery - click here
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