Ultrasound Delivered

They call it the 'ultra' Ultrasound. The Sonos 5500 ultrasound (way better than the 4500) was delivered to the Nhi Dong #1 hospital in Ho Chi Minh City earlier this summer. It is considered to be one of the nicest ECHO machines available in the industry. It is the first Pediatric Transesophageal ECHO ever done in Ho Chi Minh City.

With this new technology, doctors are able to make much more complete and accurate diagnosis of heart disease for the kids that are referred to them from both Ho Chi Minh City and the 31 surrounding provinces in Vietnam.

Not to sound too much like a commercial but the the Sonos 5500 has all the advanced features you want in a high-performance ultrasound system. Exceptional image quality, revolutionary contrast imaging tools, unique quantitative techniques, extensive applications, and an intuitive user interface allow the most comprehensive echo exams possible.

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Food Bank for Monterey County

The Food Bank for Monterey County, a certified America's Second Harvest food bank, is the largest supplier of emergency food in Monterey County. They distribute 5 million pounds of food annually. Assist International was able to provide assistence to this local charity recently.

Dear Assist International,

It has been the privilege of the Food Bank for Monterey County to receive donations of food products from your organization and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, for the poor, the needy and the migrant workers who work on our farms in the Salinas Valley.

Our mission is " to lead community efforts in the awareness and elimination of hunger in Monterey County." Organizations such as Assist International and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital are crucial to this mission. Thank you for your help and generosity.

Your organization has been a great benefit to the State of California and, in particular, the Salinas Valley and surrounding region.

Sincerely,

Leslie Sunny
Executive Director

Cath Lab Receives Makeover

In 2001, Assist International installed the only Cath Lab at the Nguyen Trai Hospital, the hospital for poor patients in Ho Chi Minh City. There are a lot of poor people in Ho Chi Minh City. There are a lot of sick people in Ho Chi Minh City. The hospital is always overcrowded and understaffed.

Since the installation of the equipment in 2001, the hospital does over 20 procedures a week. Doctors have the ability to do investigative procedures and to give "stints" when needed. The equipment was in need of refurbishing.

Recently, Tim 'I save lives' Larsen of Heart Lab and Dale 'the Enforcer' Frodin, a Toshiba Engineer did a complete "makeover" of the Cath Lab. Toshiba and Heart Lab donated around $100,000 worth of equipment for the Cath Lab and it is now functioning as well as it did 7 years ago.

Everyone celebrated with bowls of rice, rice rolls, coconut rice cream, rice beer, and duck duck rice.

Ho Chi Minh City Cancer Hospital

There is one cancer hospital in all of Ho Chi Minh City, a city with over 6 million people. Children with the worst cases of cancer are directed to this hospital, and many are so sick that they cannot live through the chemotherapy treatment that they must endure.

If the child can survive chemotherapy, he or she has a 70% chance of conquering their cancer and living a long life. We were able to provide equipment that has totally transformed the hospital and strengthened its ability to save more children.

With help from Rotary International, this project was done for the Children of Vietnam...children who now have a hope and a future.