An Americares health care professional provides a consultation to a resident in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. Americares has announced that it plans to provide about 3,500 free patient consultations from February 2020 through June 2020.<\/p>\n
An Americares health care professional provides a consultation to a resident in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. Americares has announced that it plans to provide about 3,500 free patient consultations from<\/p>\n
An Americares health care professional provides a consultation to a resident in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. Americares has announced that it plans to provide about 3,500 free patient consultations from February 2020 through June 2020.<\/p>\n
An Americares health care professional provides a consultation to a resident in Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. Americares has announced that it plans to provide about 3,500 free patient consultations from<\/p>\n
Americares to expand Bahamas health care programs<\/p>\n
STAMFORD Disaster-relief nonprofit Americares announced plans this week to expand its services during the next four months in the Bahamas, which was devastated last year by the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian.<\/p>\n
Medical teams from Americares will provide free primary care and mental health services, seven days a week, on the Abaco Islands to support more hurricane survivors. The Stamford-based agency said it is working with the Bahamas Ministry of Health to implement its Commitment to Action for 3,500 patient consultations through June.<\/p>\n
Nearly six months after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, thousands are still recovering and need ongoing support, Americares Vice President of Emergency Programs Kate Dischino said in a statement. We are committed to meeting the physical and mental health needs of survivors as they begin returning to their communities in Abaco.<\/p>\n
Since Dorian struck Abaco, Americares said it has provided more than 4,200 medical and 2,500 psychosocial support consultations and delivered more than $2.6 million worth of medicine, medical supplies and relief items for families affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n
Dorian ranked as the strongest storm of the 2019 hurricane season and the second-most-powerful Atlantic hurricane on record when it made landfall as a Category 5 storm in Abaco on Sept. 1.<\/p>\n
The storm made a second landfall in Grand Bahama, where it hit the island with powerful winds and heavy rain for more than 40 hours.<\/p>\n
An estimated 13,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed and 70,000 people were displaced after the storm, according to Americares.<\/p>\n
Among other initiatives around the world, Americares has deployed 11 mental-health specialists to treat survivors of the earthquakes that last month hit Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n
Next month, Chief Development Officer Christine Squires will take over as the organizations new CEO and president.<\/p>\n
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