21 May, 2011
NEW YORK. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) announces a new collaboration with the Florida-based Food for the Poor (FFTP) to receive, customs-clear, store and distribute free of charge donated medicines and basic medical supplies to economically-disadvantaged patients receiving critical health services at BRA’s clinics in DR’s batey Cinco Casas in the province of Monte Plata and Haiti’s Southeastern border commune of Anse-a-Pitres.
Each year, more than 40,000 adults and children visit BRA’s clinics seeking assistance in general medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, dentistry, ophthalmology, laboratory, and specialized services. All are automatically qualified to receive free food, multivitamins and antiparasitic medicines. Those living with HIV/AIDS also receive free medical consult, counseling and referrals, and antiretroviral treatment.
“BRA’s partnership with FFTP is crucial in receiving the donated medicines as thousands of our patients are often too poor to purchase life-saving antibiotics or other drugs to cure a disease or a simple infection. Often, it is a matter of life and death,” said Ulrick Gaillard, BRA’s CEO.
