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Riley Heart Team Will Blog Medical Mission Trip to the Middle East
02/17/2010
Team will leave from Indianapolis International Airport tonight at 5:30 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday, Feb. 17, six members of the Riley Hospital for Children cardiovascular surgery team (also known as the Riley Heart Team) will leave on a medical mission trip to the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan – marking the team's sixth trip to the country within the past three years. To date, the team has successfully performed congenital heart repairs on more than 50 children since their first trip to Jordan in 2007. On this trip, the team is scheduled to operate on 12 children from the region.
The goal of each of the team's medical mission trips is to provide life-sustaining heart surgeries and clinical services to children with congenital heart defects who would not otherwise receive medical care. In addition to providing care, the team will work to strengthen relationships with physicians, medical support personnel, local medical facilities and philanthropic support organizations in Middle East countries such as Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Egypt – all with the ultimate hope of building a coalition of hospitals and establishing sites for future collaboration between international health care providers and Riley physicians back in the U.S.
STAYING CONNECTED
To stay connected, the team will provide daily updates to their families, friends and colleagues through their blog, describing their daily interactions with the parents, children and clinicians in Amman, Jordan. For ongoing updates on the team's trip, visit their blog at http://rileymiddleeastmissions.wordpress.com.
The team will leave on an American Airlines flight from Indianapolis International Airport on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. They are scheduled to return to Indianapolis on Friday, Feb. 26.
| WHAT: | Riley Heart Team leaves for medical mission trip to Amman, Jordan |
| WHO: | The Riley Heart Team – Mark Turrentine, MD, (cardiothoracic surgeon), Anne Farrell, MD, (cardiologist), Mike Horner (perfusionist), Becky Clark, RN, Jill Riley, RN and Megan Richards, RN. |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, February 17 at 5:30 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Leaving from Indianapolis International Airport (American Airlines) |
CONTACT:
Gene Ford
Senior Public Relations Specialist
317.962.4576
gford2@clarian.org
About Riley Hospital for Children
As one of the nation's leading pediatric hospitals and Indiana's first and only comprehensive hospital dedicated exclusively to the care of children, Riley Hospital for Children, a part of Clarian Health, has provided compassionate care, support and comfort to children and their families for 85 years. Each year, Riley Hospital and Riley Hospital at Clarian North serve over 215,000 inpatients and outpatients from across Indiana, the nation and the world. Riley Hospital's partnership with Clarian Health, and its strong affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine, makes it the only comprehensive clinical resource for Indiana's children and the premiere source for health-related information for their parents. From simple care associated with the health and wellness of children and less complex specialty care to the most critically-ill and medically complex cases, Riley Hospital for Children is a national leader. Clarian Health operates the Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children campuses as a single hospital under Indiana law. Visit Riley Hospital for Children for more information.
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