作婦女作心臟救生手術。

A 1996 Group Study Exchange (GSE) spawned a project that today is providing lifesaving heart surgery to

100 low-income working women in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Many of the women contracted rheumatic fever, which can cause abnormal heart function, as children. They

are receiving heart valve replacements through a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant project supported by the

Rotary clubs of Coimbatore Metropolis and Pontllanfraith, Gwent, Wales.

“The women are the daily providers for their families. Their failure to provide such support would leave their

children as orphans,” says Mike Parry, governor-nominee of District 1150 (Wales), district Foundation

committee chair, and a former GSE team leader to North Carolina, USA.

途基金的撥款提供其財務上之援助。

Three physicians from the Coimbatore Metropolis club are participating in the project, and the Pontllanfraith

club is providing financial assistance through District Designated Fund allocations.

誼互助關係。大家都聚焦在滿足人們的健康需求，同時保護他們的生計。其他如下：

The effort is one of five Foundation Matching Grant projects that have grown out of the relationship between

the two clubs since the GSE. All have focused on meeting people’s health needs while protecting their

livelihoods. The others are as follows:

􀁹 最近完成的一個項目是使八十三位在工作中受傷的工廠工人，透過顯微重建手術而讓他們可以有雙健康的手

繼續工作。這努力是由Coimbatore Metropolis 扶輪社的S. Raja Sabapathy 所領導，他曾擔任八零年代赴丹

麥觀察顯微外科開創性技術的團體研究交換團團員。 Sabapathy 在Coimbatore 的一家醫院採用此技術，幫

助發展該技能使其於其領域內獲得卓越的名聲。他還鼓勵兩位醫生成為GSE 的參與者。

A recently completed project enabled 83 industrial workers injured on the job to regain the use of their hands

through reconstructive microsurgery. The effort was headed by S. Raja Sabapathy of the Coimbatore

Metropolis club, who had observed pioneering techniques in microsurgery as a GSE team member to

Denmark in the 1980s. Sabapathy applied the techniques at a Coimbatore hospital, helping the facility

develop a reputation for excellence in the field. He also encouraged two other surgeons to become GSE

participants.

􀁹 在進行顯微外科的計畫時，醫療團隊也遇到了許多兒童的手因為非工作意外而受傷。這兩個扶輪社獲得了一

While carrying out the microsurgery project, the medical team also encountered many children who had

injured their hands in nonindustrial accidents. The two clubs obtained a Matching Grant to help fund the cost

of surgery for 67 young people.

􀁹 “從子宮到搖籃”計畫提供懷孕且需要工作的母親予以產前照護，幫助她們在分娩後維持健康的身體後得以重返

A “womb to cradle” project provided prenatal care to pregnant working mothers, helping them return to their

jobs in good health after childbirth.

􀁹 一個新生兒加護病房，藉由該計畫，以促進新生兒的健康，並保護嬰兒的生命，同時也幫助他們的母親能夠

A neonatal intensive care unit, established through a project to promote the health of newborns, is protecting

infants’ lives while allowing their mothers to continue working.

於二月訪問Coimbatore 證實了該獎勵是為了1996 年印度團體研究交換團團長Parry；Richard Bullen 以及Allan

Martin 則是Pontllanfraith 社友。

A visit to Coimbatore in February proved rewarding for Parry; Richard Bullen, leader of the 1996 GSE team to

India; and Pontllanfraith Rotarian Allan Martin.

“我們出席了心臟瓣膜置換計畫的會場，參加Coimbatore Metropolis 扶輪社的二十五授證週年慶，與下一屆來

自5190 地區[美國內華達州以及加州的部份地方]的團體研究交換團團體研究交換團GSE 團隊分享經驗，並奉

行全國小兒麻痺症免疫日的準備工作。“Parry 說。 “這強化了扶輪這個大家庭，並且讓一個基金會的計劃進而

影響其他計畫。”