Like most people, Richard Paat saw the devastation throughout the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan and wanted to help. Unlike most people, he was in a unique position to go above and beyond.
By day, Dr. Richard Paat practices internal medicine out of his Maumee office, but periodically he and a medical team—consisting of local doctors, med students, engineers and volunteers—travel to Third World countries to provide life-saving treatment and relief. One of those teams recently returned from the Visayas region of the Philippines where they treated close to 2700 sick and injured patients and arranged for shelter for many displaced locals. Dr. Paat says there is still much work to be done, and he plans to return the week of December 9.
These medical missions are coordinated through SCORE, or Special Commission on Relief and Education, a humanitarian branch of the Filipino Association of Toledo. Over the last 20 years, SCORE annually sends teams to the Philippines, Honduras and Guatemala; they have also sent emergency teams after natural disasters in New Orleans, Haiti and Indonesia.
A majority of the materials and funds for SCORE’s missions come from donations. Dr. Paat says they are always in need of toiletries, blankets, batteries and other essentials; and any monetary donations go directly to medical supplies.
For more information on SCORE or to donate, visit www.scorefat.com.
Like most people, Richard Paat saw the devastation throughout the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan and wanted to help. Unlike most people, he was in a unique position to go above and beyond.
By day, Dr. Richard Paat practices internal medicine out of his Maumee office, but periodically he and a medical team—consisting of local doctors, med students, engineers and volunteers—travel to Third World countries to provide life-saving treatment and relief. One of those teams recently returned from the Visayas region of the Philippines where they treated close to 2700 sick and injured patients and arranged for shelter for many displaced locals. Dr. Paat says there is still much work to be done, and he plans to return the week of December 9.
These medical missions are coordinated through SCORE, or Special Commission on Relief and Education, a humanitarian branch of the Filipino Association of Toledo. Over the last 20 years, SCORE annually sends teams to the Philippines, Honduras and Guatemala; they have also sent emergency teams after natural disasters in New Orleans, Haiti and Indonesia.
A majority of the materials and funds for SCORE’s missions come from donations. Dr. Paat says they are always in need of toiletries, blankets, batteries and other essentials; and any monetary donations go directly to medical supplies.
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For more information on SCORE or to donate, visit www.scorefat.com.
