EKG

Staff at Sav La Mar Hospital look at an EKG machine donated to the hospital with the help from some great people. Quite a few good people helped to get the machine to the hospital and this great story all started with Negril.com. One of our boardies Karin posted a message on the Negril.com message board that an EKG machine was needed at the hospital. This was picked up by Mickey Ennis who is a Negril regular and who works at Cardinal Glennon Children's hospital in Missouri. The cardiology director there (Sue Yates) and a Dr Ian Balfour (a Jamaican who works there) got approval for the donation. It was the lovely Nurse Marcia who is the director of Friends of Jamaica USA charity who helped to facilitate the transport of the machine and other items to the hospital to Jamaica. It was Nurse Marcia who arranged with Glenn (MoGlenn) and Teresa (Sweetsop) to pick up the machine in St Louis and carry it to Jamaica.

Glenn and Teresa's travel agent (Donna Wade) helped them to waive any additional charges for traveling with the excess baggage of the machine and other items they were carrying.

Glenn and Teresa had a smooth, on time flight and absolutely no trouble getting the items into Jamaica. They were met by Karin, top hospital administrative staff, Dr. Hylton and other staff members at the hospital yesterday. They were extremely happy to receive the machine which will be shared between the pediatric ward and other areas of the hospital.

This is truly a great story and happened due to the compassion and dedication of some very nice people. We at Negril.com would also like to express our appreciation of everyone who helped and are happy to have helped to provide the forum in which it could happen.

As Glenn has said in the background info he sent me , "this was a truly global effort all starting with Negril.com and emphasizing the Friends of Jamaica USA motto 'Together we will make a difference".