April 1, 1998

Project Outreach is happy to announce that its Web page is up and running:
www.nucleus.com/outreach.

Started in 1993, this group of volunteers from the Alberta Children's
Hospital currently has its third team in Vietnam as part of a 6 year
agreement between the Da Nang General Hospital and Project Outreach. The
goal of Project Outreach is that all children, no matter where they live,
have a right to the basic medical care that will allow them to lead healthy,
happy, productive lives. We believe that the best way to provide this care
is through local Health Care Professionals and that Canadian physicians and
nurses must focus on education and fostering the independent ability of our
colleagues.

Teaching on this trip is focused on the surgical, medical and nursing care
of children in the areas of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Ophthalmology and Urology.

Travelling through Ho Chi Minh City on prior trips Project Outreach was
asked to help at the Cancer Center.  It is one of only two Cancer Centers
for the entire country of over 75 million people.  A pediatrician and a
nurse from the Oncology Program of the Alberta Children's Hospital are now
there teaching and performing a needs assessment.

The Project Outreach web site describes the organization in more detail. We
would be interested in hearing from other individuals and groups.

Roger Galbraith (Secretary/Treasurer)



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Roger Galbraith MDCM, FRCPC

Attending Pediatrician
Emergency Department
Alberta Children's Hospital
1820 Richmond Road S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2T 5C7

Phone: (403) 229-7070
Fax: (403) 229-7398
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