most vulnerable Joplin, Missouris baby will soon be taken care of that within their own communities through the generosity of the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates (UAE) embassy in Washington today. During the ceremony in Joplin, Mercy, and the leaders of the UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba U.S. to announce details of $ 5,000,000 from the Embassy of the UAE to provide funding to hospitals, children and babies. The first newborn intensive (NICU)

to provide care for a sick or premature newborns. This is part of the children who will occupy the entire floor of the new Mercy Hospital, Joplin, and it will be named to reflect the generosity of the gift from the UAE. New hospital is under construction on the south side of town

UAEs announcement comes just a few days before the first anniversary of the tornado that killed 161 people and destroyed 8,000 buildings in Joplin and St. John’s Mercy Regional Medical Center

a few days after the tornado, Mercy said it would build in Joplin, pledging to spend nearly $ 1 billion in temporary and permanent structures, as well as continue to pay its employees at all. in Joplin Mercys promise to significantly exceed the expected output of insurance services, creating opportunities for others to participate in the reconstruction and economic Joplins

Mercys Joplin committed to attracting the attention of Ambassador Al Otaiba, the UAE government and people in the history of medicine in the United States and have helped others who have suffered from being destroyed. natural disasters

Ambassador explained in our discussion that they understand how health care is essential for a stable and growing community, Lynn Britton, Mercy president and CEO, said. This is what truly is all about me

Britton said he was not only admired the commitment to build Mercys I appreciate the opportunity to make sure that Joplin would benefit from better health care. part of the resurrection

Joplin’s an inspiration to the whole world, Ambassador Al Otaiba said the emirate has the community recover and rebuild from the disaster last year, and we are honored. It allows to increase the level of medical care for the children of grace. It is our hope that current and future generations of citizens of Joplin to take advantage of the new wing of the hospital and NICU

Old St. John’s Hospital NICU also forced many families to travel to Joplin in the long-term care are often stressed and recovery time for babies born prematurely or with complications. fatal

Joplin experienced the generosity of the Embassy of the UAE to donate 1 million to provide laptops for all the city’s 2,200 high school students. Computer help students overcome the interference caused by the destruction of their school in a tornado

This is the kind of relationship is the founder, Catherine McAuley, we are very proud that connect people to the good Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, Mercys Coordinator, Department of Health said. In this case, because our neighbors to the east of us will have access to critical care

about United Arab Emirates – UAE is a source of stability, innovation, perseverance and growth in the Arabian Gulf and around the world. United States and the United Arab Emirates as a reliable partner for the security of the shared historical and contemporary economic benefits. In fact, UAE is the largest export market for U.S. products in the Middle East and other U.S. Navy ships to visit ports of the UAE port outside the United States

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the U.S. and the UAE also enjoy the social and cultural development, and many U.S. institutions and the arts in education, health care has emerged as a cooperative partnership with the UAE. Since its inception, the pillar of foreign policy has focused on global challenges UAEs is through the use of foreign aid and humanitarian assistance. UAE has been an advocate of the Lahore emergency relief to areas affected by conflict and natural disasters, including the distribution of resources after the earthquake in Haiti, Pakistan, Japan and the United States. following Hurricane Katrina. For more information. http://www.uae-embassy.org www

– Grace is the eighth largest Catholic health care system in the United States and serves more than 3 million visitors a year, Mercy includes 31 hospitals with over 200 outpatient facilities. , 38000 and the 1600 Integrated Health in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. For more information about Mercy, visit http://www.mercy.net

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