World Pediatric Project (WPP) Director for the Eastern Caribbean – Jaqueline Brown-King says during the General Surgery and the Laparoscopic mission they will conduct nine surgeries with eight from St. Vincent and the Grenadines and one from Dominica. She said the mission will also be a teaching mission where the WPP Team will share their… Continue Reading →
Fifteen surgeries will be carried out here this week, as of the Pediatrics Orthopedics Medical Mission, being conducted by the World Pediatric Project (WPP). An eight-member WPP team arrived in the state on Saturday and commenced work yesterday with an all-day clinic at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. WPP Director for the Eastern Caribbean –… Continue Reading →
The World Pediatric Project (WPP) will conduct a Cardiology Medical Mission in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, this week. Cardiology is a medical specialty and a branch of internal medicine concerned with disorders of the heart. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions as congenital heart defects and coronary artery disease. WPP Director… Continue Reading →
The World Pediatric Project (WPP) is this week hosting its first mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines for 2019. World Pediatric Project (WPP) Director for the Eastern Caribbean, Jaqueline Brown King, said the General Surgery Mission began on Sunday with a clinic at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Brown- King said during Sunday’s… Continue Reading →
The World Pediatric Project (WPP) today wrapped up its Ortho-Scoliosis mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Scoliosis is a disorder in which there is a sideways curve of the spine, or backbone. Curves are often S-shaped or C-shaped. In most people, there is no known cause for this curve. World Pediatric Project (WPP) Director… Continue Reading →
Twenty surgeries are scheduled to be carried out at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital this week, as part of the World Pediatric Project (WPP’s) Urology Mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Urology is the branch of medicine and physiology concerned with the function and disorders of the urinary system. WPP Director for the Eastern… Continue Reading →
The World Pediatric Project (WPP) has cancelled its General Surgery mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines which was scheduled to be held this week. WPP Director for the Eastern Caribbean – Jaqueline Brown-King told NBC News, the cancellation is due to the impending weather systems. Mrs. Browne-King said the medical team was scheduled to… Continue Reading →