ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - Dr. Tiru's Foundation
http://ycmf.org/about-ycmf
York County Medical Foundation. Was founded in 1991 and is headed by Dr. Vasudevan Tiruchelvam, of York, Pennsylvania. York County Medical Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to providing medical care and humanitarian relief to the poor, the distressed and the underprivileged, both locally and internationally. Recently the foundation has focused on three areas of pressing need:. Housing in Sri Lanka. Clinic in post-Katrina New Orleans. Surgical Mission to Laos. It is suppo...
ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - News
http://ycmf.org/news
US surgeons help Savannakhet hospital. Tuesday, 22 April 2008. A surgical team from York County Medical Foundation provided free operations to Savannakhet residents in cooperation with the provincial hospital’s surgeons from April 5 to April 10. Twelve surgeons, anaesthesiologists and nurses from the US foundation performed 11 hernia surgeries, 27 gallbladder removals and seven cleft lip and palate repairs and also assisted with three other emergency surgeries. Yorkers make medical history in Laos. In No...
ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - Local
http://ycmf.org/local
York County Medical Foundation has provided financial support to a number of local organizations. Among these are:. York County School Districts: Foundation provided drug education materials for students in York County elementary schools. York House AIDS Hospice. York County Science and Engineering Fair. Susan Byrnes Health Education Center. York City School District: Foundation paid to repair and replace musical instruments for the York City School District. Family Medicine Education Consortium. Healthy...
ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - National
http://ycmf.org/national
New Orleans Project 2007. Dr Tiruchelvam with Shana Griffin, Executive Director of the New Orleans Women’s Health and Justice Initiative, in front of the New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic. YCMF donated the $2,000 needed by the clinic to open its doors. Located in historic Tremé, in an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, the clinic provides free medical care to indigent women. NEW ORLEANS WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC. Update from NOWHC open letter dated. August 30, 2005.
ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - Laos
http://ycmf.org/international
Missions to Laos PDR. YCMF has funded two surgical missions to Laos: to Vientiane in 2006 and to Savannakhet in 2008. The following is a photo documentary of YCMF's first Lao mission. In 2006 York County Medical Foundation funded a surgical mission to Laos, the poorest nation in Southeast Asia. These YCMF volunteers were the first US medical team authorized to work in that country since the Vietnam War era. A third surgical mission, to a northern province in Laos, is planned for early 2009.
ycmf.org
York County Medical Foundation - Sri Lanka
http://ycmf.org/sri-lanka
ONE OF 15 HOMES CONSTRUCTED BY YCMF FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS. 150,000 SOUTHEAST ASIANS LOST THEIR LIVES in the great tsunami of 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in history. HOMES IN SRI LANKA FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS. When a powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean devastated coastal regions of Asia in December 2004, 30,000 died in Sri Lanka and 640,000 were left homeless there. Sri Lanka's minister of foreign affairs described the tsunami’s impact:. With the help of satellites and survey vessels,.
