Children's Hospital Nurses Display their work with Infante Sano

For immediate release
May 11, 2007

Boston, MA –The Childrens Hospital of Boston finished Nursing Week this week. Three of Infante Sano’s NICU nurses who work at CHB presented their experience working with us.

Sophy Rodriguez, Lorianne Boa, and Luz Maria Davila described their work in the Dominican Republic in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. As Maria described to one of the onlookers, "the conditions there are so different than they are here. Part of what we are doing down there is not just training their nurses, but bringing equipment and supplies that they really need."

The Childrens Hospital generously donates thousands of dollars worth of quality medical supplies to Infante Sano monthly. In addition to all of their programmatic work with the organization, Sophy, Lorianne, and Maria generously donate their time to separate and sort these otherwise discarded medical supplies from CHB.

Infante Sano is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Childrens Hospital in Boston. Its goals are to improve infant and maternal health throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and to disseminate collected information to the international community working on improving neonatal and maternal healthcare practices. Infante Sano partners with existing hospitals and community health clinics to help them implement effective health care guidelines and improve the quality of care they provide to mothers and newborns. Local health care providers are capacitated through training and provision of medical supplies and equipment necessary for quality health care services. For more information visit www.infantesano.org

Press Contact: Christa Thoeresz 617.515.0335 christa@infantesano.org