RWJBarnabas Health Provides Continued Health Care Services in Puerto Rico

Описание: RWJBarnabas Health’s Global Health team recently visited Utuado, Puerto Rico, a rural and mountainous agriculture community, in partnership with Direct Relief, to provide cardiology, pulmonology and gynecology services at COSSAO Community Health Clinic. The team also provided homebound visits and health checks to local residents.

RWJBarnabas Health team members included Margie Heller, Senior Vice President, Community Health and Global Strategic Partnerships, RWJBarnabas Health; Ernani Sadural, MD, Director, Community Health and Global Strategic Partnerships, RWJBarnabas Health; Belkis Ramirez, RN, Community Health and Outreach, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC); Sabino Torre, MD, Interventional Cardiology, CBMC; Sabiha Hussain, MD, MPH; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; and Claudine Sylvester, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, CBMC.

Over the years, both RWJBarnabas Health and Direct Relief have worked to increase access to health care services through partnerships with community-based organizations on the island. Watch the video about the RWJBarnabas Health team’s recent experience in Puerto Rico.

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