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| Advance party leaves for Ecuador. For the 15th year, a group of UAB medical, nursing and support persons have volunteered to go to Ecuador to provide free care for indigent children of the Andes Mountains. The Vasconez family, both from the UAB School of Medicine, helped found the organization to help alleviate health needs in their impoverished hometown of Ambato. |
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| Wednesday |
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| Continental Airlines |
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WHO: |
| Beatrice Vasconez Engels, Coordinator |
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INFORMATION: |
| Ms. Engels will be at the airport by 9:30 a.m. To arrange interviews, contact UAB Media Relations. The medical mission’s main contingency will leave on Saturday. For interviews at that time or before, contact UAB Media Relations. A total of 85 volunteers form the mission this year. About 30 are from Birmingham, primarily UAB, and another 20 are from the University of Kentucky. The remainder come from across the United States. |
UAB Volunteers Heading to Ecuador for 15th Medical Mission
Advance party leaves for Ecuador. For the 15th year, a group of UAB medical, nursing and support persons have volunteered to go to Ecuador to provide free care for indigent children of the Andes Mountains. The Vasconez family, both from the UAB School of Medicine, helped found the organization to help alleviate health needs in their impoverished hometown of Ambato.