Tuesday, 13th October 2009 Latest News: Local doctors head to Indonesia ...more

Members of the Organisation `Volunteer Doctors Cyprus` will be traveling to Indonesia to offer medical assistance, carrying also medical supplies, for those who were affected by the disastrous earthquake, which recently hit the areas of West Sumatra.

Speaking to the press, President of the Organisation `Volunteer Doctors Cyprus`, dentist George Georgiou, said that a team of the Organisation will stay for one week in Indonesia, to offer medical help. The team comprises also pathologist George Makrigiannis, Nurse Mary Vamvakopoulou, and Cyprus News Agency journalist Ralli Papageorgiou.

Meanwhile, a second team of the Organisation, comprising members of the Board, dentist Olga Sophocleous and photo reporter Katia Christodoulou as well as contractor Petros Ioannou, is already in Kenya to supervise the construction of an orphanage, the work of which began last August.