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Dole Inaugurates a Mobile
Medical Unit to Attend Rural Communities in
the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
Dole Food Company announced today that
it inaugurated this week a mobile medical
unit, which now offers some rural
communities of the Atlantic Coast of Costa
Rica access to preventive medicine and
specialized health attention.
This mobile medical unit consists of a
container divided into 3 fully-equipped
medical rooms, which provide patients with a
wide range of medical services such as:
general medicine, gastroscopy, ultrasound
scan, ophthalmology, pediatrics, blood
donation, osteoporosis analysis, vaccination
campaigns and laboratory exams. The unit was
donated to the Lions Club of Costa Rica, who
is now responsible, with Dole's support, for
managing the unit, coordinating the medical
staff's planning and organizing health
campaigns.
"Even though Costa Rica's social security
system is well developed and has local
clinics in most of the communities of the
Atlantic Zone, this mobile medical unit will
be an additional tool to bring specialized
medical services to remote areas, services
that are mainly provided in urban areas. We
expect this new unit to treat over 10,000
people per year," said Danilo Roman, General
Manager, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica.
This unit was co-funded by Dole and Spar, an
Austrian supermarket chain, through an extra
contribution made by consumers during a
campaign run in Austria between February and
May 2009.
"After the school was built in Ecuador in
2008 together with a Norwegian customer,
this joint initiative with Spar further
demonstrates the common interest of Dole and
its customers in supporting the communities
living in production areas. Dole will
continue to develop similar partnerships
whether in the social or environmental
area," said Sylvain Cuperlier, Vice
President, Director of Worldwide Corporate
Social Responsibility for Dole.
Dole, with 2009 net revenues of $6.8
billion, is the world's largest producer and
marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and
fresh vegetables, and is the leading
producer of organic bananas. Dole markets a
growing line of packaged and frozen fruit
and is a produce industry leader in
nutrition education and research. |
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