Haiti
- IOP presence in Haiti since 1988
- Replacement of kitchen equipment at University Hospital (750 beds and 12,000 deliveries annually,) in Port au Prince-to replace meal preparation on open fires in the hospital compound
- Emergency support following the 2010 Port au Prince earthquake (125 volunteers sent) to provide direct post disaster support and training
- Biomedical engineering training
- Funding to support Obstetrics care (oxygen/drugs)
- Donated and installed an oxygen concentrator, reverse osmosis water system (potable water,) electrical generator, laundry facilities and sterilizing equipment for hospital in Port au Prince
- Built a 3,500 square foot medical supply warehouse = first of its kind in Haiti
- Provided buses for staff to travel safely to the workplace
- Completed multiple hospital repairs and electrical upgrades
Uganda
- IOP partnerships in Uganda since 2002
- Equipment and supplies for hospitals in Kampala, Mbarara and Gulu including Biomedical Engineer training
- 506 months of Physician training in Canada for 103 Residents and Fellows from Makerere, Gulu and Mbarara Universities, Mulago Hospital (Kampala,) and Uganda Cancer Institute (Kampala) since our partnership began
- Physician training in psychiatry, pediatrics, anesthesia, obstetrics and gynecology, nephrology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, geriatrics, gastroenterology, hematology, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, respirology, transfusion medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, pathology
- 96% graduates from training program remain hard at work in Uganda; more than 2/3 participate in medical education and more than 1/3 are hospital administrators and leaders
- Dr. Alez Dauphin (St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ont.) facilitated discontinuation of use of ether as an anesthetic in academic hospitals in Uganda
- Established computer lab and internet access at Mbarara Medical School
- Residents from McMaster Medical School work in Uganda every March via the McMaster Global Health program
Guyana
- IOP Partnership since 2015
- Material support from St. Joseph’s Healthcare has been provided to Guyana
- We have provided sub specialty training for 36 physician Residents and Fellows from Guyana since 2016
- Multiple annual on site coaching and mentoring instruction series in Georgetown provided by nephrologists, anesthesiologists and internal medicine specialists from St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton Ontario
- Physicians have been trained in anesthesiology, nephrology, infectious diseases, respirology, vascular surgery, hematology and critical care
- The first Guyanese nephrologist was recently trained in Hamilton via the IOP
- The first abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Guyana was completed in 2020 by a graduate physician from our IOP surgical training program
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