VCOM 2018 Annual Report

The Global Communities We Serve

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

HAITI

PUNTA CANA

Dominican Republic T he VCOM Verón Primary Care Clinic in the Dominican Republic provides regular care to almost

opportunity to VCOM students by offering a hands- on clinical experience. The Verón Clinic will also support six VCOM students as a rotation site. A gift from the family of the late Oscar de la Renta in 2017 paved the way for the Punta Cana Foundation and VCOM to build a pediatric clinic in Verón. The Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Care Center, which opened in May 2017, serves more than 140 children per day, providing much-needed general, urgent and emergency care, as well as critical immunizations.

A collaborative partnership with the Appalachian School of Pharmacy provides the Verón Clinic with a full-time pharmacist, and allows the clinic to serve as a site for pharmacy students on international rotations. Additionally, many local partnerships exist including sharing resources with the nearby hospital, continuing medical education with in-country physicians and yearly first responder and Basic Disaster Life Support training for local emergency responders and resort employees.

200 patients a day while serving a local population that now exceeds 30,000. The clinic was launched in 2006 and is a collaborative partnership among VCOM, the Punta Cana Foundation and the government of the Dominican Republic. The Verón Clinic offers primary care, emergency care and prenatal care services to the local community, many of whom are uninsured. This clinic, which operates all year, provides an outstanding

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