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Providing surgical, medical and dental care to the impoverished people of the Dominican Republic.
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 Our Mission Statement

Hispaniola Medical Charity is a non-profit with 501(c)(3) status. 

Our mission is to provide medical, surgical and dental care to the impoverished people on the island of Hispaniola. Hispaniola is the home of Haiti on the west and the Dominican Republic on the East. 

We are accomplishing this through surgical and dental missions, education, medical school scholarships and procurement of much needed supplies and equipment. 

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If you have potential supplies and/or equipment to donate contact 

Dr. Hart 979-229-6823 

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 Blog Entries

  • Change for April 27th, 2019 Crawfish Boil
  • January 2019 Surgical Mission
  • Fall Town & Gown, October 25th, 2018, at the Ice House on Main
  • Aug 2018 Surgical Mission Stats
  • Video Aug 2018 surgical mission
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 Scholarship

Hispaniola Medical Charity had the privilege of awarding a scholarship to Vianna Denise who is graduated from medical school at Universidad Central del Este in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic in 2016 and is now a practicing physician.

 Awards

2012

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Rotary Club of Aggileand Offers Matching Grant

Laura Hart
 09/16/2013 02:22PM

We just received word from Phil Shakleford, the Rotary Club of Aggieland has approved a $5000 matching grant to the Hispaniola Medical Charity for our fall fundraiser, October 4th, 7-9 pm at Benjamin Knox's Wine Depot in College Station.

Please give us your support so we can match this grant!

 

 

 January 2019

Surgical Mission #11 - Impact 87 surgeries!

ENT :35 tonsillectomies and/or adenoidectomies, 12 sinus surgeries and 2 others

General Surgery :19 hernias, 11 cholecystectomies and 6 others

Consultations:ENT 37 and GS 28  

HMC assisted local doctors with 2 cases and was able to donate 4 new O2 tank regulators and multiple boxes of suture to Ricardo Limardo

 August 2018

Surgical Mission #10 - Impact 64 surgeries!

General Surgery: 9 gallbladders, 16 hernias, 6 other cases
Gynecology: 

8 hysterectomies, 6 other procedures

Plastics: 4 Bilateral breast reductions , 15 other procedures such as keloid removal, correction of syndactyly, etc.

Consultations: 52 patients not surgical candidates

Patients already on the waiting list for our next trip 50+

We were also able to donate multiple boxes of suture,10 chest tubes, 2 pluerovac kits and 19 dialysis catheters to Ricardo Limardo

 January 2018

In January 2018 Hispaniola Medical Charity was able to operate in the newly remodeled operating rooms at Hospital Ricardo Limardo in Puerto Plata.  On this 9th surgical mission trip, we were able to perform surgeries on 66 patients, 41 ENT and 25 General Surgery.  We also consulted with many patients using diagnostic US and evaluated many more patients for future mission trips.  We had an amazing and hard working team!

 August 2017

HMC just returned from Puerto Plata where we performed 18 Gynecological surgeries, assisted with multiple C-section and vaginal deliveries, We provided Dental hygiene instruction and teeth cleaning for 310 children and gave baby supplies and diapers to over 100 new mothers.

 January 2017

During the first week of January, HMC went to  Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We are able to operate on 42 patients for tonsillectomies and/or adenoidectomies. Our small team of 8 worked very hard but, we could not have done it without all of the support of family and friends in Puerto Plata and at Clinica Gregorio Henandez!

 August 2016

After a cancelled flight, our team played catch-up for 2 days putting in very long hours to help our patients. We are so grateful for the perseverance of our volunteers!  Because of the construction in the OR at the public hospital, our team operated out of 2 facilities.  We did 18 GYN surgeries in the labor & delivery area of Ricardo Limardo and 24 General surgeries in Gregorio Hernandez.  We were also able to present the doctors and staff at Ricardo Limardo with 2 new fetal monitors and to provide them with hands-on instruction through out the week.

 June 2015

Mission trip #5 statistics.

Hispaniola Medical Charity was able to perform 104 procedures last week in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

  • 36 Tonsillectomies
  • 2 Thyroid surgeries
  • 1 Parotidectomy
  • 7 Gall bladder surgeries
  • 6 Hernia repairs
  • 3 minor surgical procedures
  • 49 vein sclerotherapy procedures

Thanks to all of our wonderful team members for their patience, kindness and flexibility! And thanks to all our our supporters at home who made this trip possible! 

 November 2014

4th Surgical Mission - November 15-22, 2014 - Puerto Plata 

Hospital Ricardo Limardo - 2 OR’s -General Surgery - 27 procedures, Gynecology - 11 procedures 

Gregorio Hernanez - 1 OR, Cataracts - 30 procedures

 August 2014

3rd Surgial mission - August 16th - 23rd, 2014 - HMC took a surgical and dental mission trip to Puerto Plata Dominican Republic. In 4 days our dental team was able to see 265 pediatric patients seen (ages 3-16): each one had a toothbrush cleaning, oral hygiene instructions, and fluoride varnish application. We also performed several extraction, fillings and other procedures. Our surgical team focused primarily on ENT and performed 39 surgeries. We also had 35 consults, some non-surgical candidates and some will be scheduled for up coming mission trips. 

 Fall 2013

2nd Surgical Mission - HMC made a medical mission trip to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic from. October 19th - 26th, 2013.  The surgical team operated out of Hospital Ricardo Limardo and performed surgery on 64 patients.  ENT did 32 procedures, General Surgery did 30 procedures and our surgeons and anesthesiologists assisted the local physicians with 4 additional procedures.  The vein team operated out of Centro Medico Bournigal and examined 59 patients, then treated 25 with 81 procedures.

 November 2012

Our first surgical mission trip was 11/24-12/1/12 to Hospital Buen Samaritano in La Romana, Dominican Republic. While there, our surgical team saw 77 patients and performed 105 procedures, our vein team saw 11 patients and performed 56 procedures and our dental team saw 178 patients and performed 193 procedures for a total of 266 patients and 354 procedures!  Our team was truly blessed by this experience. Thank you all for your support.

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