NEW ORLEANS - In Camp Fallujah, Iraq, U.S. Marines recently received a long-awaited care package from the employees of Ochsner Baptist Medical Center. The troops weren't the only ones receiving gifts that day; Ochsner Baptist employees also sent medical supplies, shoes, and toys to local Iraqi children.
Being stationed overseas, many of the troops requested comfort items that reminded them of home, but one of their requests took Ochsner Baptist employees by surprise. "One of their requests was a guitar, of all things. Of course, they asked for things like energy bars, playing cards and bath towels, but we were surprised to see that they wanted a guitar," said Cynthia Faciane of Ochsner Baptist Medical Center.
And a guitar, among other items like non-perishable foods, CD's and DVD's, is exactly what they got. The Ochsner Baptist Operating Room staff raised funds to buy and ship a brand new guitar, while other employees purchased hundreds of other requested items to send to Iraq.
"The pediatricians in Iraq know first hand what the children in Iraq need and we tried to meet some of their requests by sending antibacterial ointment, children's vitamins, children's chewable Tylenol and 18 pairs of children's shoes," said Donna Martin, Director of Nursing, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center.
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Ochsner Health System (www.ochsner.org) is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system dedicated to patient care, research and education. The system includes seven hospitals and over 35 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana. Ochsner employs over 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties and 450 clinical research trials annually. Ochsner was ranked one of the "Best Places to Work" by New Orleans CityBusiness in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and received the Consumer Choice for Healthcare in New Orleans for 12 consecutive years. Ochsner was ranked as "Best" Hospital by U.S. News and World Report in July 2007. Ochsner has over 10,000 employees system-wide.
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