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 China Cal Awarded Two Million Yuan from Chinese Overseas Students Development Foundation.
 The Chinese Overseas Students Development Foundation（COSDF）has awarded a grant of two million yuan to the China California Heart Watch in order to continue and develop its program for prevention and treatment of congenital heart diseases. The award ceremony occurred on October 29th in the Beijing office of the European American Classmates Organization. China Cal administrative director Shan Shan Chen and director Robert Detrano received the award on behalf of our organization from Dr. Han Qi De, chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology.
 The funds awarded are restricted for projects involving heart disease in children. Part of the money has been allotted to renting a new children’s heart clinic in the city of Dali, Yunnan Province. The clinic has over 120 square meters of space for examination and treatment and for housing volunteers and staff. The new clinic, located at 14 Xue Fu Lu, replaces the upper floor of Farmer Yang’s home in the Er Hai gate region. It is already functional and ready to receive patients.
 Funds have already been used to pay for surgeries for children like Mei Yuan who is recovering at West China hospital after repair of Tetralogy of Fallot.
China Cal thanks the board of the directors of COSDF, especially Mr. Chen Chang Jin and Mr. Ji Sheng Hua, who contributed their own personal funds to make the award possible. We pledge to use every cent of this donation for its intended purpose.
Reflections of Two China Cal Interns.
Jonathan Vavouris（University of New South Wales）. As a China Cal intern this past December, I learned many things about myself and about Chinese culture. The experience left me with an appreciation for comforts like a hot shower. It also left me with an appreciation of humanitarian aid. The fact that we were doing something so basic to our developed world, cardiac auscultation on children that never had this done, was amazing. The impact of such basic skills taught to us by university professors on the first days of the internship was phenomenal. We screened over 25,000 children in 10 days and potentially saved over 40 lives. That was something that I’d never thought I’d be doing during Christmas.
 Meeting other like-minded interns and doctors also highlighted the internship. There was harmony and unity. Every intern brought a part of his/her own culture in view and this really diversified the group. Overall the experience was insightful and provided answers to questions I had been pondering. The experience affirmed my love for children, and I realized the impact I can make on their lives. The experience also affirmed my desire to pursue medicine as a career. I am thankful to the China Cal team that allowed such a rare opportunity and experience, which enabled me to be exposed to a world outside my own.
Sarah Lonie（University of Melbourne Medical School）. When I heard from Imogen（a fellow medical student and China Cal intern）about a congenital heart defect screening program in rural Yunnan, a beautiful area of China, I leapt at the chance. It seemed like the perfect trip; a chance to do something useful in the holidays bridging graduation and starting work.
The internship commenced in Kunming with 2 days of murmur training to differentiate normal from abnormal as we mingled with like-minded interns from around the world. After travel into rural Xuan Wei county, we started screening. We were divided into teams of about 7 interns, 1 cardiologist and 1 other China Cal representative to collect data. We took a bus around the region where we were based – well, mini-bus, really – up, down and bumping about through the mountains and beautiful landscapes, to cover all the primary schools in the area. Two or three interns would then take to a classroom and the students would form lines for us（which could range from being a regimented to unruly process）to auscultate their hearts, often buried under many layers of coats and jumpers in their unheated classrooms. Suspected murmurs were then sent to the cardiologist to auscultate and if still suspected pathological the child’s details were recorded and the child was sent to the ultrasound team, based at the hotel in the nearest large town.
The ultrasound team, led by a pediatric cardiologist from Hong Kong and a cardiac sonographer from Australia, performed an echocardiogram and assessed whether the child needed surgery to be arranged and supported by China Cal. The structure of the detection process was reassuring that defects we were finding would be followed up and treated so these children would go on to lead happy and healthy lives.
 After a few days in each town we would move on to the next region. The areas we were screening gradually became more remote, evident by children staring wide eyed and shocked seeing foreigners enter their classroom. Some areas seemed so isolated that I wondered how many doctors had travelled there before. At every school we visited we were welcomed with offers of tea or insistence to have lunch there. It was a relief and satisfying that the schools didn’t see us as imposing but were grateful for our efforts.
At the end of two weeks a fantastic group of interns screened nearly 30,000 adorable kindergarten and primary school children in a beautiful part of rural China, collected data for further research and hopefully improved the lives of children with defects detected.
China Cal Launches Photo Book. Get yours now. We sincerely thank our volunteer staff for making the China California Heart Watch photo book a reality. The book is hardcover, 60 pages, 133 photos. The photos were taken by China Cal doctors, interns, and volunteers between 2006 and 2012, and are arranged by geographical region. They reflect the striking beauty of the landscape, the cultural diversity of Yunnan’s communities, and the unfailing dedication of China Cal’s volunteers and collaborators. The book was edited by volunteers：Cameron Jean Shaw and Zephyr Detrano. Thank you for your dedication in helping rural Yunnan become a heart healthy region.
Donors who make tax-deductible donations of $150 or more can receive a free copy of the book by mail. You can donate online（www.chinacal.org or http://globalgiving.org/projects/save-kids-with-heart-disease）or by check（payable to China California Heart Watch and mailed to Robert Detrano, China California Heart Watch, 19 Mistral Lane, Irvine, CA, 92617）. Please request that a photo book be sent to you and send your mailing address to robert@chinacal.org. We will pay shipping charges within the US and Canada.
 China Cal Completes Heart Screening in Xuanwei County. China Cal volunteer teams entered the impoverished coal mining district of Xuan Wei county in June, July and December of this year. In December, 22 volunteers, led by professors from Kunming Medical University and Hong Kong University, screened 25,000 school children for murmurs and found 74 children with heart disease. Forty of them will require and receive treatment with help from China Cal and its partner foundations. In 2008, we began our school heart-screening program. The program is described here：
http://www.congenitalcardiologytoday.com/index_files/CCT-SEP11-INT.pdf. The winter weather in Xuanwei is bitterly cold, with frequent rain and snow. Our 22 volunteers from the US, Australia, New Zealand, China, Vietnam and Singapore and our staff of Chinese physicians and assistants stood by their commitment to complete the school screenings.
 China Cal Chinese Blog Now Going Strong. China Cal volunteer Fei Shu has created and started posting on our new Chinese blog. Check it out at http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/2755229981
Please Donate Now China Cal operates solely through the generosity and vision of donors, participants and YOU. Every donation helps tremendously and allows us to continue our efforts in saving lives, raising awareness about heart disease, and improving quality of life through our medical, research and education programs. In order to continue and improve our work, we must soon hire a cardiac nurse to help us with our clinical work. With your help, we can purchase better equipment and hire the staff we need. Your contribution is greatly appreciated. Donors who give at least $150 can receive a free copy of our China Cal photo book shipped to them anywhere in the world.
To donate, please visit our website, www.chinacal.org, or send a check payable to China California Heart Watch to the following address:
Robert Detrano,
Clinical and Program Director
China California Heart Watch
19 Mistral Lane
Irvine, CA, 92617 | | | |
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