From: HQ.GGG@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: News/Haber--Help to Hospital
Date: 16 Apr 92 03:46:45 GMT
Reply-To: Turkish Cultural Program List <TRKNWS-L%USCVM.BITNET@forsythe.Stanford.EDU>


     Turkish and USA Rotary Clubs responded a request for help
     from a Turkish Hospital  to help the seriously ill Turkish
     children.

                          ____________________________
                                   by Mete Gur
                          Special to The Turkish Times
                          ____________________________


                                   The Project

     This project is the pilot project of the intensive child
     care unit, The Institute of Child Health, Istanbul
     University, Turkey. It is also known as the Capa Children's
     Hospital Emergency Unit. At this Emergency Unit, which has
     24-bed capacity, more than two thousand children are
     monitored and treated each year, 24 hours a day. In
     addition, close to hundred emergency outpatient services are
     provided every day including poisoning, breathing problems,
     convulsion, etc.

     The intensive child care units provide necessary medical
     care to seriously ill children which require close
     monitoring and continuous treatment. These children are
     seriously effected by the illness. They are not in stable
     condition, and their lives are in danger. Most of them have
     problems at least with two vital organs such as lungs,
     brain, heart, and kidney.

     Due to scientific and technical advances the intensive care
     services have substantially improved in the developed
     countries over the last twenty years, and the possibility of
     saving lives has significantly increased even  with the most
     severe cases.

     The objective of this project is to monitor the condition of
     the seriously ill children to be able to treat them timely
     and accurately.

     The condition of the intensive care unit patients can be
     monitored by using mode rn medical equipment where each
     monitor can be used with 50-100 patients a year.

     This means that over the lifetime of the equipment hundreds
     of children can be saved.

     Considering the total cost of  $ 15,000 for the equipment,
     it is well worth the investment.

                                     Funding

     The Levent Rotary Club in Istanbul, will  provide    25 % of
     the funding. Two US Rotary Clubs, The Peninsula Sunrise
     Rotary Club in Redwood City, California, and the Winter Park
     Rotary Club, in Winter Park, Florida will try to raise
     funding for the 25 % of the total.

     The Rotary Foundation will match each contribution dollar
     for dollar to provide the remaining 50 %.

                                  Your support

     The Winter Park Rotary Club will try to raise funds from
     their district.

     The Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club will raise funds by
     organizing a Turkish Night for the Rotarians in their area.

     The difference will be made with your contributions which is
     essential for the success of this project.

                                 Where to send:

                       Please make your check payable to:
                          Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club
                        Please mail your contribution to:

                                  Attn: M. Gur
                                      PSRC
                                   PO BOX 2596
                             Redwood City, CA 94064
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