Hospitals
Honduras: Beginning in 2004, CURE provide children with medical care in San Pedro Sula, Honduras in the form of weekly clinics in area hospital. In 2008, a standalone hospital was built. The hospital, one of the best-equipped orthopedic surgical facilities in Honduras, has 20 beds, has seen more than 13,000 patients and performed more than 1,600 surgeries.
Dominican Republic: The CURE Dominican Republic Hospital, established in 2003, is located in Santo Domingo. Serving more than 700 outpatients per month, the hospital regularly sends surgical teams into Haiti and built a satellite clinic in Puerto Plata. In 2010, CURE played a key role in responding to the Haiti earthquake, by sending in one of the first surgical teams into that country.
Afghanistan: CURE accepted the invitation from Afghan Ministry of Public Health to take over a hospital located in Kabul in January, 2005. The hospital offers care for 8,000 patients each year and training programs for doctors and nurses in obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery and general practice. In the Fall of 2006, CURE partnered with Smile Train to develop a cleft lip and cleft palate surgical training program.
Ethiopia: The CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital, established in 2008, is a pediatric orthopedic teaching hospital in Addis Ababa. The hospital provides training in pediatric and advanced orthopedic techniques and has a dual focus on pediatric orthopedics and pediatric plastic reconstruction, such as cleft lip, clubfoot, limb deformities, etc.
Kenya: The first CURE hospital opened in 1998 in Kijabe. The AIC-CURE International Children's Hospital is a 30-bed hospital that serves approximately 8,000 children per year, also operating mobile clinics to remote regions. The orthopedic training program has been certified by the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa, where surgeons will spend five years training at the hospital and then work at another CURE hospital for an additional amount of time. CURE clubfoot, a non-surgical treatment for the correction of clubfoot in young children, is hosted in this hospital.
Malawi: Established in 2002, the Beit CURE International Hospital in Blantyre has 66 beds and has expertise in total hip and knee replacement surgery. The hospital also provides physiotherapy and chiropractic services, offers orthopedic training, mobile clinics and a partnership with Smile Train.
Niger: The newest CURE hospital opened in Niamey in the summer of 2010, offering specialty surgical care and training programs for doctors and nurses.
Uganda: Specializing in treating neurosurgical needs, the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda opened in 2000 and has been recognized as a global leader in treatment of hydrocephalus. The hospital, located in Mbale, also treats children with neural tube defects, spina bifida, epilepsy and brain tumors. The training program brings in surgeons from many countries, including Bangladesh, the U.S. and Ghana.
United Arab Emirates: The CURE Oasis Hospital, located in Al Ain, was established in 1960 to bring American medical care to the UAE. The hospital delivers 3,500 babies and treats over 122,000 patients annually. CURE acquired the hospital in 2006.
Zambia: The Beit CURE International Hospital of Zambia was established in 2004 when CURE signed an agreement with the Zambian Ministry of Health to operate a pediatric teaching hospital, specializing in treatment and care of children living with disabilities. The Beit Trust, a UK-based charity, donated $1.5 million to support construction of the hospital as a centennial gift to the people of Zambia. The hospital partners with Smile Train and has a hip replacement program.
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