Project 2003 - 2008   We continued to monitor and financially support Policlinico "Carlos Hedreen" in Manchay with additional funds and donations of medical instruments and equipment from the U.S.

We co-financed the development of a unique "healthcare net " (Red de Salud), which supports medical needs of 48 poverty-area parishes with a combined population of more than one million inhabitants. In this project, nine parishes with medical dispensaries and/or clinics (Manchay is one of these) support an additional 32 parishes that don't have medical facilities.  The "healthcare net" has shown positive results towards obtaining accurate statistical information of common diseases in the communities, which has led to more efficiency in choosing offered medical specialties, as well as the stocking of particular medicines and healthcare items. Medical records of thousands of individuals (especially children) are being compiled for the first time. It has also moved Caritas Lima to design and build a modern pharmaceutical distribution facility with state-of-the-art inventory controls.  During this period, we also equipped two dental clinics in two of Lima's poorest parishes - Santa Catalina de Siena and Nuestra Señora de Cocharcas. We also arranged for medical humanitarian visits, to include Texas Medical Mission.