Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure and thrill to welcome to Cyprus the team of doctors from the Shriners Hospitals. For the fortieth (40th) year they are visiting our country to examine children with serious orthopaedic problems and spinal deformities. This was achieved through the strong links developed between the George and Thelma Paraskevaides Foundation and Shriners Hospitals for Children, one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Since its foundation in 1872, its sole purpose is to provide completely free of charge the best possible medical support to children up to 18 years old, with special orthopaedic conditions and burns.
After two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team of Orthopaedic Doctors is back in Cyprus to provide its specialised services free of charge to more than 200 children, including children from surrounding countries.
After two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team of Orthopaedic Doctors is back in Cyprus to provide its specialised services free of charge to more than 200 children, including children from surrounding countries.
I congratulate the Foundation, the Director General Mr. Kostas Paraskevaides and the Medical Advisor and member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Dr. Ioannis M. Hadjimina, as through this 40 years of cooperation, 4 thousand children have gone to Shriners hospitals and received treatment and more than 16 thousand children have been examined during the visits of the doctors in Cyprus. The benefits of the doctors' annual visits to Cyprus for children with serious orthopaedic problems are manifold and there is an opportunity to exchange expertise and know-how between doctors in Cyprus and America.
It is recalled that in 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Health, the George and Thelma Paraskevaides Foundation and the Shriners Hospitals for Children, which provides for the strengthening of cooperation between the three parties and the expansion of synergy in the fields of education and research. Our aim is to perform surgical procedures in Cyprus, as a reference point for the countries of the Middle East.
Next Thursday, January 19, we will visit the "George and Thelma Paraskevaides" Foundation where the space has been properly prepared for the examination of children by the team of orthopaedic doctors and then we will visit Makarios Hospital and Famagusta Hospital in order to find ways to expand our cooperation.
Next Thursday, January 19, we will visit the "George and Thelma Paraskevaides" Foundation where the space has been properly prepared for the examination of children by the team of orthopaedic doctors and then we will visit Makarios Hospital and Famagusta Hospital in order to find ways to expand our cooperation.
Friends Kostas Paraskevaides and Dr. Ioannis Hadjimina, I congratulate again your foundation for its multifaceted social and philanthropic activity since 1980, a path paved by the late George and Thelma.
Thank you!
(AF)
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