WiRED International and the Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club Bring Healthcare Information to Medical Professionals and Students in Nicaragua
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On August 7, 2003, WiRED International launched a seven-station Medical Information Center at the University of Leon School of Medicine. The facility will serve 1,300 faculty, students and medical professionals. Leon, the second largest city in Nicaragua, is located 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
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Ribbon - cutting celebration at the dedication of
WiRED's Medical Information Center at the
University of Leon school of medicine.
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In addition to new computers, the Center offers an extensive medical e-library that contains medical journals, textbooks, tutorials, research data and other reference material that will greatly expand the research and teaching tools available to the staff and students. The CD-Rom medical database, which WiRED International developed in Kenya under a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is particularly rich with information relevant to the tropics.
The project was underwritten by a generous grant from the Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club and is the second collaboration with WiRED International. In 1998, the club sponsored the purchase and installation of more than 60 WiRED computers for schools in Croatia. Additional funding for the Nicaraguan project came from WiRED's other generous donors.
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Nicaraguan Minister of Health, Dr. Jose Antonio Alvarado, thanked WiRED International and the Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club, for their generous contribution to the practice of medicine in this impoverished region.
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The Leon ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by more than 50 teaching faculty, students and distinguished guests from the regional and national governments. In the keynote address, the Nicaraguan Minister of Health, Dr. Jose Antonio Alvarado, thanked WiRED International and the Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club, for their generous contribution. He noted how critical this Center is to the practice of medicine in this impoverished region, and he complimented American involvement.
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WiRED International's work in Leon began two years ago with the installation of 20 computers at the Ben Linder Cybercafe. Money earned from the cybercafe assists the Walking Unidos--our partner in this effort--with the purchase of material to make prosthetics for land mine victims.
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