RE: South Florida Doctors
Deliver Disaster Relief for Haiti:
For Immediate Release:
January 14, 2010 Hialeah, Florida:
The Doctors are coming – The Doctors are coming Health Experts Leadership Providers (www.ssfin.org), a organization of volunteer primary-care
doctors is providing international medical relief to the victims of the January
12 Hatian earthquake and is accepting donations to deliver medical relief for
the hundreds of thousands hurt and will become sick with no one to help.
Senior Technical Advisor for MSH, George Dubuche, MD
stated, “We are so grateful that SSF will be here again to assist in our
devastating situation. In 2008 they
assisted in several medical missions in Haiti in the aftermath of Ike and
Gustav. Their participation in medical efforts assisted many helpless victims of
both hurricane Ike and Gustavo. We
welcome the SSF team of volunteer doctors both general medicine practitioners,
and specialists as they have been proven to be highly qualified and will
contribute selflessly, tirelessly and with great dedication to their profession
as they did in 2008. SSF is there for us
when we need them. Thank you from the
bottom of my heart“.
SSF in already on the Ground in Haiti Because of our assistance most recently in Haiti for
Hurricane. We have ongoing doctors in Haiti donating service. These Doctors are being reassigned to address
disaster-related patients. Additionally
8 doctors and 8 translators are preparing to depart south Florida to assist Haiti. SSF has established internal contacts for
deployment of health professionals to treat victims of the January
12th earthquake. Because of
our experience with disasters understand the issues and bring our unique
services. We helped the recovery for
Andrew and Wilma and Katrina in New Orleans and
we were in Haiti for Hurricane Ike and Gustavo
in 2008.
About SSF and HELP HELP (Health Experts Leadership Providers) is a major program operating
under the nonprofit organization Solidaridad Sin Fronteras (SSF) which was
founded in January 2004. Its mission is
to provide humanitarian aid, medical prevention, health care, education,
scientific research and management of natural resources and environment at
local, national and international level.
Since 2007 SSF has given humanitarian aid and assistance to over 700 disadvantage
people. Through the SSF and its
International Doctors Program one-of-a-kind advisory services to healthcare
professionals are supported globally.
The Ready to Help Program assists low income populations in South Florida and those communities hit hard by major
natural disasters.
Partners Include: SSF coordinates with American Red Cross, Miami-Dade Community
College, School of Medicine-University of Miami, Miami Medical Team
Foundation.
Contact Information: For more information please contact Julio Alfonso, MD, President/CEO of
SSF (305) 884-4110. Check are payable to
SSF-Haitian Relief. Send them to P.O.
Box. 832814, Miami Fl 33283 or donate www.ssf.org_.
