Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 26, 2006
Good Works

The Boston Globe notes David Ortiz's work in establishing a pediatric cardiovascular unit in his home country:

Nearly 1 percent of children born in the Dominican Republic have some sort of birth defect that requires surgery. Because there is no pediatric cardiac hospital in the country, sometimes a US team of surgeons, in a mission of mercy, will save a few kids in a nation in which more than 1,000 children are in need. Few can afford the $40,000 operation in the United States. In the Dominican, the operation costs $5,000.

But Ortiz came through in the clutch again.

"We've already operated on four children thanks to David Ortiz's sponsorship," said Dr. Pedro Urena, president of Heart Care Dominicana, who studied at Brown University. "Some of the rooms are still under construction."

It's always nice to see ballplayers giving back to the community.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:31 AM | Charity | TrackBack (0)
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