| El Salvador –Don Bosco University training new technicians to help injured Haitians |
| El Salvador – The Don Bosco University inaugurates a Development Centre |
This is the second humanitarian mission from the University. In the first by 7 professional technicians, there were about 200 artificial limbs and more than 100 session sof orthopaedic tuition.
“The aim is to help the people . We know what state the country is in after the earthquake. We know this will also help us in our lives and in our profession” Alexis Mendoza, one of the volunteers declared.
The team will stay in Haiti until December. Prof. Rolando Martínez Panameño, Dean of the Science of Re-habilitation Faculty has calculated that at present there are about 10,000 people in need of help, and of these 4,000 have had an amputation. The voluntees will be involved in assessing the condition of the patients and planning and fitting the artificial limbs and providing the orthopaedic help.
Published 14/06/2010
