Suriname
In April and October of 2004, the Diakonesseshuis Hospital in Parmaribo, Suriname, hosted Global ENT Outreach. Otolaryngology surgical services were provided at the hospital and at ENT clinic outside the hospital patients were examined. Suriname, which is the former Dutch Guyana, gained its independence in 1975. It is located on the northeast coast of South America between French Guyana and Guyana.
Suriname is the home to over 435,000 Surinamese who represent the following groups : Hindustani ("East Indians"), Creole, Javanese, Chinese, Bush Negros, and Dutch. Today there are more Surinamese living in the Netherlands and holding Dutch passports than there are living in Suriname, a choice given to the people when they received their independence.
There are three hospitals in Paramaribo, one CT scan and no MRIs. Two ENT's live there and work part time. Due to the shortage and a high demand for ENT services, Dr. Jim Bean, MD, ENT clinic director from Holland, meets the demands by rotating ENT physicians from Holland to staff the clinic year round. GEO was and has been the only USA based NGO to visit the country and treat patients there.
Clinic patients ages were from newborns to those in their nineties. Otologic disorders ranged from of atresia, otosclerosis, fungal otitis, perforations, and cholesteatomas.
The opportunity to visit and work in Suriname as a general Otolaryngologist is available to those who are interested. Please contact us.
Suriname is the home to over 435,000 Surinamese who represent the following groups : Hindustani ("East Indians"), Creole, Javanese, Chinese, Bush Negros, and Dutch. Today there are more Surinamese living in the Netherlands and holding Dutch passports than there are living in Suriname, a choice given to the people when they received their independence.
There are three hospitals in Paramaribo, one CT scan and no MRIs. Two ENT's live there and work part time. Due to the shortage and a high demand for ENT services, Dr. Jim Bean, MD, ENT clinic director from Holland, meets the demands by rotating ENT physicians from Holland to staff the clinic year round. GEO was and has been the only USA based NGO to visit the country and treat patients there.
Clinic patients ages were from newborns to those in their nineties. Otologic disorders ranged from of atresia, otosclerosis, fungal otitis, perforations, and cholesteatomas.
The opportunity to visit and work in Suriname as a general Otolaryngologist is available to those who are interested. Please contact us.
