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Close Window Cultural Affairs Officer, Linda Gonzalez (second from right), with hospital authorities and professionals from Oregon University
Cultural Affairs Officer, Linda Gonzalez (second from right), with hospital authorities and professionals from Oregon University
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Cultural Affairs Officer, Linda Gonzalez (second from right), with hospital authorities and professionals from Oregon University
Cultural Affairs Officer, Linda Gonzalez (second from right), with hospital authorities and professionals from Oregon University

Embassy Event

U.S. EMBASSY DONATES BOOKS TO CHILDREN´S HOSPITAL IN SAN ISIDRO
March 27, 2008

US Embassy Cultural Attache Linda Gonzalez donated a collection of children’s books to the playroom of the San Isidro Children´s and Maternity Hospital “Dr. Carlos Arturo Gianantonio” March 27, 2008.  The hospital´s Director, Dr. Domingo Longo, thanked Ms. Gonzalez and the representatives of the Martinez Branch of the Rotary Club for their joint efforts to support education.  Dr. Longo gave Ms. Gonzalez a tour of the hospital that daily treats over 15.000 kids ages 0-17.  Both the children staying at the hospital and the outpatients who come for treatment will enjoy reading the collection of approximately 120 classic children´s books by American authors in Spanish. Dr. Gustavo Hirsch, San Isidro Secretary of Health, and a group of professionals from Oregon University who are participating in a Rotary exchange program, also attended the donation ceremony.