Heineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc

MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS, EQUIPMENT, AND ASSISTANCE.

HEINEMAN-ROBICSEK FOUNDATION, INC. (HEINEMAN) ENJOYS A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH ATRIUM HEALTH AND TOGETHER IS KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL OUTREACH PROGRAM (IMO). HEINEMAN HAS A 50-YEAR HISTORY OF DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE TO CLINICALLY UNDERSERVED COUNTRIES THROUGH THE DONATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND BY OFFERING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO HEALTH PROVIDERS GLOBALLY. ITS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: - INITIATED THE FIRST INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY AND HEART SURGICAL PROGRAMS IN THREE COUNTRIES; - STARTED VASCULAR SURGERY IN ANTIGUA, WEST INDIES; - CO-FOUNDED THE FIRST HEART INSTITUTE (UNICAR) IN CENTRAL AMERICA; - FULLY EQUIPPED THE FIRST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN HONDURAS; - DELIVERED 10 INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INSTALLED 7 HEART CATHETERIZATION LABORATORIES; - FURNISHED OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES; - OPENED A PRO BONO COMMUNICATION PORTAL WITH GUATEMALA AND BELIZE FOR EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONSULTATION WITH ATRIUM; - IMPLEMENTED A NETWORK OF 16 NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC ECHO STATIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WITH MORE BEING ADDED; - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PUBLIC WOMEN'S BREAST CANCER SCREENING UNIT IN BELIZE; - DEPLOYED A MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC IN NICARAGUA. IN ADDITION TO OUR MEDICAL INITIATIVES, HEINEMAN IS ALSO INVOLVED IN CLINICAL AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IN 2012, IMO PARTNERED WITH FUNDACIN SERGIO PAIZ ANDRADE (FUNSEPA), A GUATEMALAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHO REFURBISHES COMPUTERS DONATED BY IMO AND DISSEMINATES THEM TO THE RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT GUATEMALA. HEINEMAN RECEIVES NUMEROUS REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS EACH YEAR. DONEES ARE VETTED BY IN-COUNTRY PARTNERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS U.S. ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE SAME LOCATION WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPOSED DONEE. THE REQUEST FOR SUPPORTED IS REVIEWED BY THE HEINEMAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THEN SELECTED. TYPICALLY, DONEE'S WHO RECEIVE SUPPORT HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH HEINEMAN, WHICH PERMITS THE ORGANIZATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE DONATION IS BEING USED PROPERLY. IN 2021, HEINEMAN HEAVILY SUPPORTED THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 IN CENTRAL AMERICA THROUGH THE DONATION OF SUPPLIES. BELIZE. SINCE 2010, HEINEMAN HAS ASSISTED KARL HEUSNER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (KHMH), IN BELIZE CITY TO OFFER MODERN CARDIAC SERVICES. IN 2021, HEINEMAN DONATED TO KHMH EQUIPMENT FOR A CARDIAC OPERATING ROOM, AND ADULT RECOVERY UNIT, AND SUPPORTED CLINICAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. GUATEMALA. IN 2021, HEINEMAN DONATED: MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO OBRAS SOCIALES DEL SANTO HERMANO PEDRO; KN95 MASKS TO THE GUA MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO FIGHT COVID-19; KN95 MASKS TO UNICAR IN GUATEMALA CITY; DONATED USED COMPUTERS TO FUNDACIN SERGIO PAIZ ANDRADE (FUNSEPA); PROVIDED VIRTUAL EDUCATION / TRAINING OF HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL AND SUPPORTED PUBLIC EDUCATION. HAITI. HEINEMAN CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW HOPE HOSPITAL IN PLAINE-DU-NORD AND DONATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO COMBAT COVID-19. PROJECT ST. ANNE, AN ORGANIZATION WORKING IN HAITI RECEIVED MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM HEINEMAN. HONDURAS. IN COLLABORATION WITH A HONDURAN NON-PROFIT, COHONDUCAFE, HEINEMAN CONTINUED TO DONATE HURRICANE RELIEF SUPPLIES (ETA AND IOTA) AND FURNISH PUBLIC MEDICAL CLINIC WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. FIGHTING COVID-19, HEINEMAN DONATED KN95 MASKS AND SUPPLIES TO FUNDACION RUTH PAZ IN SAN PEDRO SULA. IN CHOLUTECA, HEINEMAN DONATED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO A PUBLIC MATERNITY CENTER. OTHER DONATIONS. HEINEMAN DONATED MEDICAL EQUIMENT AND SUPPLIES TO WORLD CARDIAC VISION WORKING IN ETHIOPIA; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DONATED TO NON-PROFIT CLINIC IN CAMEROON. UNITED STATES. LOANED, AT NO COST, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO LOCAL HOSPITALS IN NORTH CAROLINA TO SUPPORT AUXILLARY COVID-19 UNITS.