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MEDRIX is appealing for donations to acquire optical surgical loupes for our partner doctors in Vietnam.

Surgical loupes are vital pieces of equipment, providing doctors visual aid during surgery; but some Vietnamese hospitals have insufficient funds to even afford them.

MEDRIX wishes to address this shortfall, and can hand deliver them in June and July.

For any surgeons or donors who provide for the gift, MEDRIX will send you an in-kind donation receipt.

For more information, call MEDRIX on 425-485 5423, or email office@medrix.org.

Donations can be posted to PO Box 178, Redmond, WA 98073. Or check out ‘Ways to Give’ on our home page.

 

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MEDRIX is excited to share a letter of thanks from the father of one of the children whose heart surgery our partners have sponsored. Little Sang, pictured here with his mother Ty, received surgery in Hue, Vietnam on February 26. He is one of the seven children who have received heart surgery this year thanks to MEDRIX [...] Read more

All children together with their mothersSIX CHILDREN have received heart surgery through MEDRIX and its partners’ sponsorship. The procedures make a lifetime’s difference. Without surgery, these boys and girls would see a listless childhood, without the strength to go to school regularly or to play with other kids. As such, children like these are often identified as weak children, unable to support a family’s [...] Read more

Mark Jabbusch presents to medical practitionersHUE CITY, Vietnam: Dr Mark Jabbusch has completed training doctors in the MEDRIX Short Course in English Medical Terminology. Yet through developing a mutual language in their shared profession, Dr Jabbusch discovered a bond with his students and colleagues of a kind he had not reckoned for. Dr Jabbusch tells his story: “You know all so well [...] Read more

THE MAN and woman who were rushed to the Nam Dong district hospital in the MEDRIX ambulance-bus have survived their ordeals and will make full recoveries. Joy abounded amongst convalescents, family members, MEDRIX and Vietnamese heroes alike when they all gathered at the 20+ bed hospital that received them during the crisis. MEDRIX reported that the man had been ‘air [...] Read more

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Pictured are Dr Thai and LaRelle Catherman, founders of the Seattle Pacific University (SPU) and MEDRIX Study Abroad Program in parthnership with Hue Medical University School of Nursing.  This is the 7th year of the program, during which time 120 nursing students have graduated from the program, with 18 more to graduate this year. Celebrate with us the [...] Read more

Celebrating mission completeIN THEIR month-long study abroad program, the MEDRIX and Seattle Pacific University nursing team has healed the sick, given hope to those without recourse, facilitated healthy futures and met a diverse range of people in a new culture. From Hue City to the villages of Nam Dong, the young women and their mentors have not [...] Read more

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