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Colombia, Italy
Fund Hospital-Vessel For Poor Families
Bogota - Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe and delegates from Italy inaugurated on
Monday a hospital-vessel to assist poor families in
Buenaventura Port in the Pacific Ocean.
The program is funded by Colombian and Italian
non-governmental organizations.
"It is a social health company," Uribe said at the
ceremony. The vessel will start traveling on June
27.
The vessel was also funded by "Colombia wants to see
you," a foundation soccer player Ivan Cordoba
established with 1.5 million U.S. dollars.
Medical services, including pediatrics, surgery,
gynecology, psychology and odontology, will be
provided on the vessel to some 2,500 people from
Buenaventura and nearby town, most of whom are of
Afro-Colombian origins.
The vessels will have the written label of "Life
without drug, a global effort," to take the message
to residents in the region, through which drug
traffickers smuggle cocaine to Central America.
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