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National Children’s Hospital will have new medical equipment thanks to more than $156 thousand raised in charity golf tournament.

• Results of the XVIII edition of the Pro-Children’s Hospital Association Golf Tournament sponsored by AERIS will benefit one and a half million children.
• The proceeds will be used to purchase two vital signs monitors, four wireless orthopedic drills and a thermo-cycler.

March, 2023. The Orthopedic Services, Hemato-Oncology, the Transplant Unit and the Screening Laboratory of the National Children’s Hospital will receive medical equipment thanks to the $156,808 raised at the XVIII edition of the Pro-Children’s Hospital Association Golf Tournament sponsored by AERIS, which took place this Friday, March 17.

Thanks to the funds raised at the event, the Hospital will have four new drills for orthopedic use in surgeries, a basic care vital signs monitor for the Hemato-Oncology Service and another for transfers in the Transplant Unit, as well as a thermocycler, special equipment to detect and prevent in the screening test the development of mental retardation related to different metabolic and genetic diseases.

“For the Hospital this event is always a ray of hope, a possibility to better serve the children and families we serve thanks to the helping hand given to us by the golfers, the Association and sponsors. Having this latest technology equipment, efficient and increasingly less invasive effects on children, makes a big difference because it is quality of care and improved response to treatment. Many grateful hearts of patients and families will forever repay them,” commented Dr. Olga Arguedas, Director of the National Children’s Hospital.

It is estimated that with this donation more than one and a half million patients per year will benefit from versatile, efficient and daily needed equipment.

“For AERIS, the interested manager of the Juan Santamaría International Airport, and as part of the philosophy we share with our parent company Grupo CCR, it is key to exceed our contractual obligations and generate a positive impact beyond our daily operations. With this tournament, that disposition derives in benefiting a public that requires it, such as the patients of the National Children’s Hospital; we thank our allies, and in general all those who participated,” said Ricardo Hernandez, general director of AERIS.

“It fills us with joy to confirm that the tournament in benefit of the National Children’s Hospital raised, thanks to the support of so many generous people, the necessary economic resources to support Costa Rican children. The Pro-National Children’s Hospital Association will continue working with great motivation to support the work of the Hospital as we have done for more than 40 years,” added Alejandro Pignataro, president of the Association.

Eighteen editions of commitment to children. In the nearly two decades that the tournament has been held, more than $2 million has been raised for the purchase of medical equipment for this pediatric care center.

For this edition the tournament had the participation of more than 130 golfers in the Threesomes in scramble modality.

About AERIS Costa Rica

AERIS HOLDING COSTA RICA, a company of the CCR Group of Brazil, is the Interested Manager in charge of providing services at the Juan Santamaría International Airport and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, financing and promotion of Costa Rica’s main air terminal.

AERIS draws on the experience of its parent companies: HAS Development Corporation and Grupo CCR of Brazil, the latter as the main shareholder and with participation in the international airports of Quito Ecuador, Curacao and Belo Horizonte in Brazil. The Manager seeks to exceed the standards of its contract (CGI), contribute to the growth of the country, through the efficient operation of the service, in a leading and safe airport in Latin America.