WESTERN BUREAU – Miguel Davis, a 17 year-old who lives at Copse Boys’ Home in Hanover, was among the more than 50 boys who recently benefitted from the Hope Worldwide International/ Sandals Royal Mission Outreach Programme.

“I am really appreciative of the services that these doctors have come to provide and we just want to thank both Sandals and Hope Worldwide International for coming,” the teenage boy said, shortly after receiving a medical examination on October 23.

This year the medical team of more than 40 health workers brought gifts of clothing, food and toiletries and a wide assortment of toys. The main purpose of the visit, however, was to provide medical services for inmates of the Copse Boys’ Home and the St James Infirmary. Among the services provided were routine check-ups, screening for heart defects, hypertension and diabetes as well as ECG Heart tests, blood sugar and pressure checks.

According to President of Hope Worldwide International Robert Gempel, the group’s aim was to provide for the world’s poor and needy.

“Ours is an organisation that loves God tremendously and we believe that the best way to show our love for him is to give of ourselves to those less fortunate amongst us,” Davis said.

Public relations manager at Sandals Royal Caribbean Sancia Campbell is hoping that the medical clinics will take place on a more regular basis.

“We want to try to visit them as many times as possible, if we can get treatment to them at least three to four times per year, it would help to alleviate some of the problems that surface when they are not checked for extended periods,” Campbell said.

The doctors who volunteered their services are part of the Hope Worldwide International Group, a registered charitable organisation that has been able to provide medical care for more than 125,000 Jamaicans over the past 10 years.

During their recent visit to the Copse Boys’ Home and the St James Infirmary, the team provided medical attention to more than 150 persons.