PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED

by Fundacion Grupo Puntacana
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED
PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR 15,600 CHILDREN IN NEED

Project Report | Jan 10, 2025
Reflecting on 2024

By Margarita Pilier | Project Leader

Dear donor, please receive a warm greeting.  Through your donation we have been able to continue offering quality health care services to thousands of children living in the underserved communities of the Punta Cana region. You truly make the difference to those children and we are extremely grateful!

Thank you for your contribution, we are thrilled to have your support. 

It is so rewarding to know that so many children in need receiving primary health care, which ensures people receive quality comprehensive care – ranging from promotion and prevention to treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care – as close as feasible to people’s everyday environment.

Primary Health Care (PHC) addresses the broader determinants of health and focuses on the comprehensive and interrelated aspects of physical, mental and social health and wellbeing. It provides whole-child care for health needs, not just for a set of specific diseases.

Evidence of wide-ranging impact of investment in PHC continues to grow around the world, particularly in times of crisis.

Currently 100% of the medical services are available. The patient service hours are from 8:00am to 4:00 pm, from Monday to Friday. Emergency is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays

Nowadays the clinic continues offering health prevention programs, outpatient consultations, ambulance, dental care, vaccination, x ray services, emergency, laboratory,  pharmacy, ultrasound.

From January to December 2024 the center served more than 25, 000 patients,  0-15 years old  

The areas with the highest flow of patients are emergency, pediatric consultations, laboratory and vaccination.  

The most common medical cases in the last months: Respiratory infections, febrile syndrome, skin infections, injuries from external causes and gastrointestinal disorders.      

 We have continued, together with Unicef and Sanar una Nación, a plan to monitor the development of children under 5 years of age with nutritional deficiencies; through the implementation of malnutrition detection days, specialized medical care and delivery of therapeutic foods. 80 families benefited in 2024

Most remarkable activities:

• Deworming day for children under 5 years of age. 153 children benefited, from 0 to 15 years of age.

• Prophylaxis day with vitamin A. 164 children benefited, aged 0-15 years

• Dermatological Conference with Edward Vía College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM. 47 patients benefited

• Community Medical Mission together with VCOM (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine). During this mission 150 children from 5 vulnerable communities in the Punta Cana region benefited from consultations and medications for free

• Influenza vaccination day: 130 patients benefited  

• Preventive dental health talk: 110 patients benefited  

• Christmas breakfast and gifts day

Please see the pictures attached to this report

There are still goals to achieve in this stage of the project:

  • Expand and improve the emergency area
  • Purchase the needed medical equipment and furniture:   Additional desktop computers, batteries for the portable x ray machine, additional sterilizer and vacuum cleaner for the emergency area, chairs for the emergency and vaccination areas, various types of sphygnomanometers, new seating sets for the waiting area, office chairs, shelves, oximeters, nebulizers, among others.   
  • Purchase and implement a software to improve the administrative efficiency
  • Expand the staff training program
  • Increase the supply of medical materials and medications.

 The center continues to make a difference in pediatric care and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 agenda of the United Nations (UN), specifically Goal 3 - Health and Well-being

 This and all the reports to follow will update you on our progress and how your donation is been invested in this social initiative.

Looking forward you continue to partner with us!

If you have any comment, advice or question, please let us know and we will respond as best we can.

Thank you very much again for your support!

Best wishes !

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Sep 6, 2024
Breastfeeding awareness

By Margarita Pilier | Project Coordinator

May 8, 2024
7 years of making a difference in pediatric care

By Margarita Pilier | Project Coordinator

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Fundacion Grupo Puntacana

Location: Santo Domingo, no applicable - Dominican Republic
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Twitter: @FundacionGPC
Project Leader:
Paul Beswick
Santo Domingo , no applicable Dominican Republic

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