Stories

September 10, 2021

This Is What Donating a Doctor Looks Like — a Life Saved.

This is what donating a doctor looks like — a life saved. Doctor Anthony Batte, right, inserts a catheter so...

September 10, 2021

Saving Lives in Uganda, One Heart at a Time. An Interview With Dr. Charles Lugero.

Dr. Charles Lugero: My name is Charles Lugero. I come from Uganda. Hamilton General Hospital/McMaster University is one of the...

September 10, 2021

Doctor Mark Crowther Shares What the IOP Does, and How You Can Donate a Doctor.

The International Outreach Program is a program run through the St Joseph’s healthcare system, which is designed to increase the...

September 10, 2021

Equipment shipment to Haiti

April, 2020 saw a shipment of equipment donated by the IOP to Haiti and Dominican Republic

September 10, 2021

Donations of PPE sent to Uganda

In Uganda, from 3 January 2020 to, 9 August 2021, there have been 95,474 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2,785...

September 10, 2021

St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton Doctors Keeping Patients Alive in Guyana

You won’t find the village where Marlia* lives on Google Maps. It is upriver, way upriver, from the nearest city,...

September 10, 2021

An interview with Dr. Youlanda Hendricks from Guyana

    Dr. Youlanda Hendricks came to Hamilton from Guyana for a 16-week elective during her anesthesia residency training program...

September 10, 2021

Specializing in Canada to Inspire Young Doctors in Uganda

Dr. Jackie Zirabamuzaale works at a teaching hospital and at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. She is involved in clinical...

September 10, 2021

Saving Lives in Uganda, One Heart at a Time- an Interview with Dr. Charles Lugero of Uganda

We sat down recently with Dr. Charles Lugero from Uganda to chat about his training here in Hamilton. Joining us...

September 10, 2021

Dr. Anthony Batte

Doctor Anthony Batte, right, inserts a catheter so that a child can receive life-saving kidney dialysis.This child, who is in...