Donated Dentist Equipment


Several weeks ago, we learned from Jens Haerter (Dr. Patty Jorquera's husband) of a retired dentist who still had all of his equipment. Gus Schlegel was interested because the Good Samaritan clinic in L'Acul, 17 kilometers north of Gros Morne could use it. Gus writes to Jens,
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"We have a building, two doctors, a nurse, and an administrator who run the clinic once weekly. When we were there, we noted that many of the local inhabitants were lacking dental care. It has been our wish to bring a dentist there once weekly."

Gus and the others associated with their clinic now have a dentist lined up who is willing to travel to L'Acul once a week to offer dental care to the community. Gus has even worked out the transportation for the dentist. This is the kind of on-the-ground coordination that our effort has had all along.

So, Jens responded to Gus' recent inquiry about the equipment. The equipment, from 2 full dentals suites (that he had adjoined to his house for 40 years), "includes chair set ups/drill/light/sink combos, each with an x-ray machine. It is not the most modern equipment in the world, but this dentist tells me that it is old school tough, more rugged and longer lasting than the new stuff, and it comes with spare parts to last for the next several predicted end of the world events. There are also cartloads of dental instruments and supplies."

It seems that Jens plan is to send one suite to L'Acul and hold the other for the clinic in Carrefour. Thank you Jens & Gus and a huge thanks to the generous dentist who has made this gift possible.