Our Physicians' Contributions Abroad
Two of Garrison Women’s Health physicians, Dr. Janet Perkins and Dr. Elizabeth Chase, contribute their time to helping causes overseas in addition to our local non-profit causes in the Dover, NH and New Hampshire / Maine Seacoast community.
Haiti
The Haitian Health Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of the poor, the sick, and the infirm of western Haiti.
The organization focuses on maternal and child health, and as an obstetrician, Dr. Janet Perkins travels to Haiti once a year to provide training in order to decrease a very high rate of maternal and child death.
During these visits, Dr. Janet Perkins has fallen in love with the work and the Haitian people.
“What really blew me away the first time that I traveled to Haiti is just how close it was to our own country,” Dr. Perkins explained. "It is a very short plane ride from Miami, but an entire different world there."
"It certainly makes me appreciate the kind of care that we provide in the USA, and selfishly, it makes me feel that I have helped a tiny little bit to make things better for these folks," she continues. "It melts your heart to see their huge smiles in the face of such abject poverty.”
Haiti
Information about the Haitian Health Foundation can be found at their website: www.haitianhealthfoundation.org/
Or, feel free to contact Dr. Perkins if you would like more information on how you could help.
Guatemala
Every two years, Dr. Elizabeth Chase travels with a team of American surgeons and nurses to Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala, to Hosptial de la Familia.
In Guatemala, Dr. Chase performs needed gynecologic surgery on women who have no access to this care. This volunteer experience has been life enriching for Dr. Chase, who hopes to return to Guatemala as often as possible for the rest of her life.
Guatemala
Information about the Hospital de la Familia in Guatemala can be found at their website: www.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Chase if you would like to donate or help in any way.
