Worldwide Healing Hands

Preserve the Lives of New Mothers and Their Infants

Dr. Dhanda speaks to Lakeport Civic Club

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Dr. Paula Dhanda, guest speaker and Toni Stewart, LWCC president at the club’s March 6 meeting. Lakeport >> The Lakeport Women’s Civic Club (LWCC) hosted gynecologist Dr. Paula Dhanda at its regularly scheduled meeting and luncheon at the Riviera Country Club Restaurant on March 6. Not only is Dhanda known here in Lake County for…

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Mrs. Sybill Storz supports Humanity

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I was invited to speak at the Karl Storz company about the use of their state of the art surgical instruments that they generously donated to Worldwide Healing Hands. During my visit they shared with me their core values one of which was:

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Letter to Mrs. Sybill Storz

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July 9, 2012 Dear Mrs. Storz, Nowhere in medicine are global disparities more striking than in surgery. I did not realize this until I began volunteering on medical missions in developing countries. When I was in Chad in 2009, there was an anesthesia

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Women on 20s

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This is a campaign called Women On 20s. It’s an effort to convince the President that “now is the time to put a woman’s face on our paper currency” and they are shooting for the $20 bill. The website is www.womenon20s.org and they are currently taking votes for the best candidate. Express your voice on…

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Join our Hike 4 Healing

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How far would you walk for medical care? In Nepal women traveled an average of 100 miles, most of it on foot. Join our hike and help us in our effort to save mothers!

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Hike supports Healing Hands

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Photo credit Nathan DeHart KELSEYVILLE >> “How far would you walk for health care?” With that question, Worldwide Healing Hands (WHH) invites individuals of all ages to take part in the second “Hike 4 Healing” on April 25. In addition, WHH seeks sponsors for the event

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Individual Freedom vs. Public Health – A Physician’s Perspective

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The risk of these preventable communicable diseases is far greater than the risk of the vaccination. How do we balance public safety and personal choices? In a well functioning democratic society, everybody has a responsibility to accept a social contract in order to protect its citizens from preventable disease. The recent movement not to vaccinate…

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Kelseyville High School students raise money for Worldwide Healing Hands

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Recently my son John Paul had to give a presentation to his 10th grade English class about something that was meaningful or sentimental to him. After much deliberation and many suggestions from family members he asked me for

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Pearls and Kisses for Cervical Cancer Prevention

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Dr. Auguste and Dr. Suprien with our lovely patient in Haiti This sweet 82 year old woman was illiterate but there was no mistaking her gratitude in any language when she kissed all the doctors and nurses after her surgery to remove an early cervical cancer. We often take PAP smears for granted but in…

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Event provides health screenings in Lake County

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Dr. Paula Dhanda consults with a young patient. CLEARLAKE >> In conjunction with a Thanksgiving Day outreach event that included a meal for members of the City of Clearlake community, free health screenings were provided at the Clearlake Youth Center by Worldwide Healing Hands. Dr. Arthur Bikangaga, health screening organizer and team leader, was joined…

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