DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA
February 20, 2003

Valued at $ 25,000
From the U.S. Southern Command

Medical supplies worth $ 25,000, brought to Uruguay through the Southern Command of the U.S. Department of Defense, were delivered today to the Ministry of Public Hospital in the city of Florida.

Delivery of the materials took place during a ceremony in the capital city of the Department of Florida attended by the director of specialized medical care units of ASSE, Dr. Horacio Porciúncula, the director of the hospital, Dr. Francisco Llanes, the advisor of the mayor of Florida, Mr. Ricardo Shaw, and U.S. Embassy Attaché Jeff Vick.

These supplies were donated by the Southern Command of the U.S. Department of Defense and consist, among other items, in a colonocope worth $ 10.000 and a broad range of materials and equipment for different medical specialties.

In December, 2002, U.S. Ambassador Martin J. Silverstein delivered to the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health medicine and medical supplies worth $550.000, also donated by the Southern Command of the U.S. Department of Defense.

In January of this year a supply of medical material was delivered to the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces . February 18 another donation was delivered to the Ministry of Public Health and the University of the Republic under the auspices of the Partners of the Americas and the U.S. Embassy.

Further information on the United States of America and Embassy activities are available on the Internet at http://uruguay.usembassy.gov