Humanity First USA and Loyola Medicine Partner to Expand Eye Care in Guatemala
July 13, 2023
Categories: Loyola Medicine, Ophthalmology
Tags: Loyola Medicine, Ophthalmology
MAYWOOD, IL - A new partnership between HF Healthcare Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Humanity First USA, and the distinguished Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, will develop a state of the art Ophthalmology Department at Nasir Hospital in Guatemala. Humanity First USA is a humanitarian non-profit organization improving lives in the United States and abroad. It established Nasir Hospital in Sacatepéquez, Guatemala in 2018. Loyola University Medical Center, located in Maywood Illinois, has been a leading medical and surgical facility and teaching hospital for over 50 years.
National surveys and health reports estimate that the prevalence of visual impairment in adults in Guatemala is almost double that of the United States. Common causes of visual impairment and blindness are cataracts, refractive error, and diabetic retinal complications. A top tier Ophthalmology Department will add comprehensive eye care to Nasir Hospital’s diagnostic and surgical capacity in early 2024.
“We can bring the best eye care in the world to Guatemala through a partnership with Loyola Medicine. HF Healthcare Services, a subsidiary of Humanity First USA, was established to operate world-class hospitals in under-resourced communities. We believe that Nasir Hospital will become an eye care destination for people in Guatemala and much further away, including for American citizens.” ~Majid Khan, CEO of HF Healthcare Services
“Loyola Medicine is a mission-driven innovative health system determined to provide the best, most compassionate care to our patients. Every day, we serve people who seek care from our world-class professionals here in Illinois, and we are pleased to extend our commitment to improving health so that patients in Guatemala receive the best possible care.” ~Richard Freeman, MD, MBA, FACS, Executive Vice President & Regional Chief Clinical Officer, Loyola Medicine
“Nasir Hospital is an excellent center for care in the heart of Guatemala. Whenever I have gone as a volunteer to present or see patients, I returned eager to move this partnership forward. It is thrilling to formalize a connection between Loyola Medicine and Nasir Hospital to bring critical eye care to people from Guatemala and beyond.” ~Charles Bouchard, MD, MA, Chair of Ophthalmology, Loyola Medicine.
“Nasir Hospital serves thousands of patients each year that will benefit from this collaboration with Loyola Medicine. Loyola will enable us to bring the best in global eye care to our nonprofit hospital.” ~Munum Naeem, Chairman and Executive Director, Humanity First USA.
Inquiries can be directed to Majid Khan at majid.khan@hfhealthcare.org or Carol Eggers, Regional Director of Communications, Loyola Medicine at carol.eggers@luhs.org. Patients can learn more about Nasir Hospital at https://hospitalnasir.org/.
About Humanity First, USA.
Humanity First is an international, non-profit humanitarian organization established to promote and safeguard human life and dignity on areligious, apolitical, and non-sectarian grounds.
Humanity First USA was established in 2004 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Humanity First International network of independent nonprofit organizations operate in over 60 countries. Humanity First USA leverages volunteers, partnerships, and youth leadership to deliver aid value in the field over and above the funds raised.
Our global programs are Disaster Relief; Knowledge for Life; Water for Life; Gift of Sight; Food Security; Global Health.
To learn more, visit Humanity First, USA or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Twitter. Contact us at info@us.humanityfirst.org or +1 877 994 3872.
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About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).