BEAR Saves Lives

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BEAR Saves Lives
1888 Press Release - Bhutan Project Receives
Medical Humanitarian Award from Boston
Biopharma. (Alpharetta, GA, USA) - The Bhutan
Emergency Aeromedical Retrieval team (BEAR) will
be awarded the Medical Humanitarian Award.
Established and presented by Boston Biopharma, a
USA-based pharmaceutical company that specializes
in generic medications, the award aims to
identify and recognize exceptional new healthcare
programs that impact the lives of patients in
underserved areas around the globe. The award
will be presented to Dr. Charles Haviland Mize,
MD, and the Bhutan Emergency Aeromedical
Retrieval team (BEAR) for their volunteer efforts
in helping save lives in Bhutan, on October 2nd,
2017. In addition to the award, and in response
to the Bhutan Foundations campaign for funding,
BEAR will be receiving a donation from Boston
Biopharma to help further expand the program with
much needed medical equipment. Mize worked with
the Bhutan Government and Ministry of Health,
Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services and Jigme Dorgi
Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWRH) to
develop the Bhutan Aeromedical Retrieval Team
(BEAR.) The aim of BEAR is to provide
cutting-edge resuscitation and critical obstetric
care to patients in remote parts of Bhutan
including the Himalayas. The team is trained to
respond to emergency evacuations in extreme
altitudes using a high-performance helicopter
equipped with an intensive care unit to transport
patients safely to hospitals.
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The idea of BEAR was born in 2016 when the life
of a patient with a treatable injury could not be
saved because he arrived too late to the
hospital. Since its inception in May 2017, the
program has been an incredible success evacuating
close to 200 patients and preventing 50
unnecessary deaths. The BEAR responds to all
life-threatening emergencies and provides elite
trauma and medical resuscitation to patients in
district hospitals or on site as required. The
BEAR team is led by Dr. Mize and includes
emergency nurses Lhab Dorji and Kiran Diyali.
BEAR could not be possible without the support
and collaboration of the Bhutan Foundation, the
Bhutan government and the Jigme Dorgi Wangchuck
National Referral Hospital (JDRNRH). Additionally
, Mize will be returning to Bhutan in October
2017 to further develop a high-altitude mountain
rescue program for the Royal Kingdom. He will
continue in his positions as Head of Bhutan
Emergency Aeromedical Retrieval and Head of
Resuscitation at JDWNRH. The BEAR team will also
be ensuring the sustainability of the life-saving
program by help training Bhutanese
physicians. Dr. Mizes efforts represent the
selfless dedication to serve patients and save
lives, said Ahmad Hashem, MD, Ph.D., Chief
Executive Officer at Boston Biopharma. We are
honored to support his work and The Bhutan
Foundation to provide needed medical equipment.
We will also work with The Bhutan Cancer Society
to provide anti-cancer medications to the
country. Mize is an emergency medicine physician
who completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at
George Washington University in Washington D.C.,
his medical degree at Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons, and his undergraduate
degree from Yale University. For the past year,
he has volunteered at The Bhutan Foundation to
help improve emergency medical services in
Bhutan. Boston Biopharma is a US company focused
on the development of generic pharmaceuticals,
and is dedicated to furthering excellence in
healthcare.
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The company began administering this award with
the goal of raising the awareness of healthcare
organizations and individuals who go beyond the
ordinary in providing care to populations in
underserved areas. To date, the company has
launched 12 sophisticated oncology products and
has operations in America, Europe (Malta),
Turkey, Iraq, Algeria, and Ukraine. http//www.bo
stonbiopharma.com