WELCOME TO THE HEALTH CARE UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2006

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WELCOME TO THE HEALTH CARE UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY
2006
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• With Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) coming,
  some HSC families decided to take some orphans
  home with them for the holidays. John,Pippa,
  and Nancy from Hephzibah enjoyed sharing family
  time in their homes.

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We request upward thoughts for Baby Susan, a
cute 7 month old girl who has a very serious
heart disease.

• After being checked by Dr. Farhan, she was sent
  to Shanghai
• for life-saving surgery.

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Meet our new Chinese doctor at HSC, Dr. Xu
(pronounced shoe) shown with an adorable
patient.
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On February 14, orphans of three different ages
were brought from Hope Haven to see Health
Services Centre (HSC) doctors.
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This mother brought her precious child to HSC
because he has a brain disease.
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Mr. Laurie Sanders , our International
Communications Officer, provided a great help to
the Healthcare Team. Laurie left Xian to
return to New Zealand on February 16, 2006.We
all miss him and look forward to his eventual
return.
Thanks
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The ELA dental health services began on February
7, 2006.

GoodNews!
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The ELA dental health project provided services
at Hephzibah on February 22, 2006.
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• Alice, a little over a year old, had an earache.
  The HSC doctor checked her ears and decided what
  to do about her problem. Now shes feeling fine!

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Warmest Welcome

• Dr. Chris Sansom (middle) arrived in Xian on
  February 23,2006.She will spend her 3 precious
  months working with the HSC team.
• Thanks!!!

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• Wang Si Yuan is a 16 month old girl who came to
  HSC with multiple minor problems which can be
  remedied by surgery
• (watch for March update).

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• The ELA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held
  on February 25, 2006 at Xian ChangNing Palace
  Villa.

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congratulations
Dr. May, the first Chinese member Of ELA, was
recently appointed Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
of ELA Healthcare.
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Healthcare thanks you for your ongoing support.

• Current needs are
• There is a great need amongst the staff and
  children for basic dental hygiene training in
  addition to treatment. Necessary equipment,
  space, time and opportunity all need to come
  together for this very valuable health care to be
  provided.

• We need a permanent International Communications
  Officer to liaison with overseas teams, visitors,
  and others
• doing healthcare work.
• HSC needs a full-time (or part-time) foreign
  doctor (family practice physician).

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Healthcare thanks you for your ongoing support.

• Current needs are
• Funding has been arranged for purchase of
  laboratory equipment. We have a local source
  for a clinical chemistry instrument, but still
  need a local source for a hematology instrument.

• Health Information Services seeks avenues for
  dissemination of health education (including
  culturally-sensitive health promotion
  literature).