AMERICA/PERU - Augustinian Fathers open first polyclinic in archdiocese of Cusco

Wednesday, 31 May 2006

Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - At last the archdiocese of Cusco has a new polyclinic dedicated to Santa Rita da Cascia opened by the Augustinian Fathers. Situated in Larapa thanks to the Augustinian Association Apurimac the clinic will provide medical care for poor people in Cusco and Apurimac.
The clinic was built thanks to the activity of the Fathers in Italy who have already sustained important pastoral projects in Grau, Cotabambas and Antabamba in Apurimac.
Provincial Fr Pietro Bellini said the clinic will serve poor people of Apurimac as well as those of the villages of San Jerónimo, Larapa, San Sebastián and villages in other parts of Cusco. The clinic will provide general medical care, children and maternity care, dental care, radiology, scanning and laboratory tests with a team of volunteer doctors from Cusco and Italy. (AP) (31/5/2006 Agenzia Fides; Righe:150; Parole:15)


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