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Stories of Hope

Mareling Alemán Téllez

MANAGUA

Mareling Alemán Téllez
MANAGUA
Before Just two months after turning 15, Mareling was burned when a lamp containing paint thinner exploded. The explosion caus...

Wilber Javier Obando Iboy

LEÓN

Wilber Javier Obando Iboy
LEÓN
BEFORE Wilber was transferred to APROQUEN from the Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales in the city of León. Wilber suffered burns ac...

Bryan Antonío solano

MASAYA

Bryan Antonío solano
MASAYA
BEFORE When Bryan was two years old, he suffered a burn accident by falling into a pot of boiling water where he played. The a...

Wilfredo Álvarez

GRANADA

Wilfredo Álvarez
GRANADA
BEFORE Originally from Granada, seven-month-old Wilfredo Alvarez was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and pala...

Marcelo Obando

Nandaime

Marcelo Obando
Nandaime
BEFORE After their son was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and palate, Marcelo’s parents were worried. A fr...

Royden Pérez

Salvador

Royden Pérez
Salvador
BEFORE Originally from neighboring country El Salvador, Royden was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and palate...

Recent News

APROQUEN and Emory University offer...

From October 30th to November 3rd APROQUEN in collaboration with a medical team from The School of Medicine of Emory University and Catholic University of Nicaragua (UNICA) will be conducting a surgical medical mission directed at patients with untreated cleft lip and palate and their effects in the “Alfredo Pellas” Hospital in the San Antonio Refinery of Chichgalpa. ...

APROQUEN participates in the Latin ...

From November 8 - 11 a delegation of APROQUEN doctors participated in the XII Congress of the Latin American Federation of Burns (FELAQ) and the II Peruvian Congress of Burns in the city of Lima, Peru. During this meeting APROQUEN had a special opportunity to present three studies that encompass the multidisciplinary treatment of the burn patien...

APROQUEN realizó jornada de cirurg...

APROQUEN in collaboration with the group Sos Main Du Paix of France carried out a medical mission dedicated to reconstructive surgery of the hand and upper body with the objective of recovering the functionality of these extremities. A total of 28 patients with various hand problems were treated and 14 patients received surgical care which provided successful re...

APROQUEN and Johns Hopkins Hospital...

APROQUEN and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, performed a surgical mission from August 27th to September 1 at the Alfredo Pellas Hospital of Ingenio San Antonio. This surgical mission is directed towards patients with burns sequelae, congenital malformations of the cleft lip and palate and other severe pathologies. Dr. Taha Z. Shi...

APROQUEN & SMILE TRAIN Host th...

APROQUEN was selected for the 1st Regional Meeting in Orthodontics and Pre-Surgical Orthopedics. The partnership established with the Smile Train brought together 25 doctors from the specialties of dentistry, orthodontics and plastic surgery with the goal to standardize treatment criteria as well as share treatment protocols in the multidisciplinary care of patients with cleft lip and palate in the...

APROQUEN and Sunshine Social Welfar...

As part of the 2011 partnership formed between APROQUEN, the Government of Taiwan and Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation (SSWF), from the 18th to 22nd of September the APROQUEN- Burn Center provided training on the management of the burned hand in patients who are burn survivors. In the training 15 physiotherapists participated from correspondin...