G-2716

Olavarrķa Hospital Equipment

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Project Description

Region: South America

Country: Argentina

Location: Olavarrķa

Total Budget: $110,000

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment



General Objective

Provide the Olavarría Hospital with Equipment for the Detection and Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer (CRC).

Specific Objectives

The natural history of CRC makes it one of the most preventable tumors. The natural history of the disease includes a precursor lesion (a slow-growing adenomatous polyp), whose detection and rapid resection dramatically reduced the incidence and progression to CRC. In addition, the slow progression from adenoma to cancer favors screening strategies and allows early diagnosis and more effective treatment.

The risk of suffering a CRC throughout life is between 3 to 5% and 90% of cases occur in people older than 50 years. More than 95% of CRC are adenocarcinomas and 80-90% are preceded by preneoplastic lesions (adenomatous polyps or adenomas). Early diagnosis allow an overall survival ≥90%, but only occurs in 37% of cases.

The objective of the CRC screening is to reduce the burden of this disease performing an early diagnosis, allowing an effective treatment and therefore reduce mortality rates.

The colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for CRC screening by The American College of Gastroenterology.

Needs Assessment

This modern X-ray equipment would complement and / or replace the existing one and the C-arm would be In our city, the estimated people at risk represents 25% of total population (approximately 30,000 persons), plus 30,000 people from surrounding cities. This makes necessary the accessibility to 6,000 colonoscopies procedures per year.

Currently, around one thousand digestive endoscopic studies are annually performed in our institution. This low number of procedures became imperative to increase the availability of this technology, to address the needs of the population.

Brief Description of the Project:

The colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for CRC screening by The American College of Gastroenterology. It allows direct visualization of the entire colonic mucosa looking for adenomas or CRC in early stages, adding the possibility of biopsies and resecting of suspicious lesions during the same procedure. The Argentine Ministry of Health recommends to perform colonoscopy every 10 years to all people older than 50 years of age, or at shorter intervals or younger age in special situacion (e.g. family history or risk factors). This recommendation makes it necessary to increased our technological equipment availability in order to guarantee accessibility and quality to population.

the gastroenterological wing will include an exclusive operating room, in addition to patients waiting-room, observation and recovery area. This will multiply the endoscopic availability, to meet population demand.

An adequate technological equipment is a fundamental part of this project, to guarantee the safety of the patients and the reliability of the procedures.

The necessary equipment includes:

• High resolution video endoscopic tower, estimated cost USD 91,500

• Endoscopic processor, estimated cost USD 16,850

Number of Beneficiaries: the 150,000 inhabitants of the Olavarría zone.

Primary Host Partner

District: 4921

Rotary Club of: Olavarrķa San Vicente

Primary Contact: PGD Javier A. Holowiniec

Email: jholowiniec@outlook.com

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Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2020-21 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #2125848.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Olavarrķa San Vicente (4921)

20-Apr-21

$48,000

$1,500

$49,500

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$59,000

-

$59,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

-

$1,500

$1,500

Total

$110,000

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

20-Apr-21

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

2-Sep-21

System Entry

System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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