[NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?

[Sue Wiers]

I missed it, but visited the website.  Looks like a wonderful organization.  I did notice that a PA runs the Guyana Cervical Cancer Project, but that they are only looking for Board Certified Gynecologists as volunteers.  
 
Sue



> To: ACC-Circle at listserve.com; NPinfo at nurse.net; paforum at mc.duke.edu> From: dmittman at comcast.net> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:08:42 -0500> Subject: [NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?> > Tonight they had a segment on that if viewed, had to have moved you. > If you care about people and care for people it had to have even > moved you more. I can only hope you saw the segment on the > organization that has started to provide free volunteer healthcare to > our citizens across the USA.> They started out as an international organization providing care in > South America, etc., but now 60% is given throughout the USA.> Their name is Remote Area Medical (REM) http://www.ramusa.org/ . > Anyone ever work with them? They did a segment where they provided > free care in Knoxville, TN and after working their tails off, they > still turned away 500 people. They did interview an NP who was > working with the group that weekend. Very positive.> I (we) would like to take the first of many steps to form a liasion > between the ACC and REM. First I need to talk with the Board. I will > try to collect information. If they check out and agree, we would put > a link on our web site and ask all NPs and PAs to donate their time > and money. As a 15 minute segment was devoted to them tonight, I can > only suppose 60 Minutes checked them out significantly. So, I again > ask if you know anything about them?> So, if they have it on their web site, please watch the segment.> Sometimes we can change the world one person at a time.> Dave> Dave Mittman, PA> Secretary> American College of Clinicianswww.amcollege.org > Dave at comcast.netCell-973-865-4216> > Read. Think. Join. Participate.> > We did not come over in the same ship, but we ARE in the same boat.> > > _______________________________________________> NPInfo mailing list> NPInfo at nurse.net> http://lists.nurse.net/mailman/listinfo/npinfo> *****************************
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