Special Olympics Health-Care Volunteers Assist in Peru Earthquake Relief Efforts

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: August 16, 2007 | Copyright information

To: SPORTS EDITORS

Contact: Leslie Aun of Special Olympics International, +1-202-824- 0253, +1-703-517-4550 mobile, laun@specialolympics.org

ICA, Peru, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of doctors, nurses, optometrists and other health-care workers, who had traveled to Peru to volunteer for a Special Olympics Healthy Athletes(R) screening program scheduled for today and tomorrow were suddenly called into service Wednesday evening, as a massive earthquake struck the region.

Within 20 minutes after the quake struck, the 69 medical professionals had arrived at the hospital which serves ...

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