Florida Hospital Travels To Provide Medical Services in India

Published: 
October 13, 2006

Florida Hospital Travels Halfway Around the World to Provide Medical Services in India

 

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 13, 2006 - Florida Hospital employees and community volunteers are packing their suitcases full of medical supplies to lend a hand to Habitat for Humanity's Jimmy Carter Work Project in India.

Following in the Florida Hospital tradition of service, 21 Florida Hospital employees and volunteers will be traveling to Maharashtra, India, a rural village outside of Mumbai (Bombay), on October 30 to provide medical assistance to a 2,500-member Habitat for Humanity team as they begin a week-long construction effort led by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn. 

"This is a project that is very close to my heart," said George 'Bucky' Weeks, director of International Medical Mission Service for Florida Hospital. "Seeing our Florida Hospital staff take our mission of extending the healing ministry of Christ to a global level reminds me that Florida Hospital is special."

Florida Hospital's contingency will be an integral part of Habitat for Humanity's indiaBUILDS project, which plans to build 50,000 homes in India by 2010.  Each medical volunteer will be responsible for treating any injuries sustained by volunteers from more than 30 countries and for the families receiving the aid as they strive to build 100 houses in 5 days.

Trips such as these are part of Florida Hospital's mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ.  In 2004 Florida Hospital volunteers traveled to Peru and Mexico.  In 2005 they headed to Africa, Honduras, and Russia.          

Habitat for Humanity has been working in India since 1983 and to date has built more than 10,280 homes. Habitat for Humanity India is focusing on the hard-hit coastal areas where an estimated 10,000 people were killed by the tsunami on December 26, 2004.

For more information, contact Florida Hospital Media Relations at 407-303-8217.

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