Finally. Some Good News
The Bricks Great Wall Appeal team went to Changchun last Sunday to meet up with Dr. Zang to purchase the ultrasound scanner for his AIDS clinic. If you would remember, Dr. Zang heads the Zhen Guan Ai AIDS clinic in a rural town not far from Jilin City. He and his clinic is working with 300 farmers infected with HIV/AIDS through blood sales and we set up an appeal for their clinic 6 months ago for an ultrasound scanner that would help him and his clinic provide better diagnosis for his patients who are all people living with HIV/AIDS (PLA’s). Bricks, through the generosity of our donors, was able to provide the good doctor and his clinic with a brand new portable ultrasound scanner. An ultrasound scanner ensures that PLA’s receive the swift diagnosis which this technology makes possible, portability means that the Zhen Guan Ai clinic will be able to use the scanner without requiring patients to make the sometimes long journey to his clinic.
Dr. Zang, together with two of his superiors, was very happy to see us. We went to the Changchun Office of Mindray, to purchase the DP3300 ultrasound scanner. Mindray is a Shenzhen company well known for manufacturing quality health care devices. Dr. Zang and his superiors thank all the people who have donated for Brick 3. They have assured us that the scanner would be used wisely and solely for Zhen Guan Ai AIDS clinic and have invited us to visit the clinic in September to see it being used first hand. Some good news, finally.
On that note, Zhen Guan Ai has told Bricks that they have not found any new cases of HIV/AIDS in the area that they administer this year. Dr. Zang’s director as well as Dr. Zang mentioned to us that their efforts not only in the treatment but also on informing the patients about the disease has slowly been paying off. Bricks, in behalf of Dr. Zang and Zhen Guan Ai thanks all the people who have donated for this project. We hope to do further projects with them, but interestingly, the experience is already opening them up to develop their own fundraising plan, which is exactly what Bricks hopes to achieve.
Congratulations on the completion of you project, Brick 3.
You are doing a wonderful job. May this project inspire more
people to help out and do their part for this noble cause.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks Luis
It is very gratifying to be able to help.
AIDS is in an interesting phase here in China. In the big cities it is more talked about than in the past. But in the rural areas it is still a difficult situation. Thats why we focus on rural areas.
Joseph