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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados Inc. is a non-profit organization registered under the Companies Act 1982 of Barbados registration number 269 and under the Charities Act 1979-2 registration number 82.

The Chief Medical Officer of Health's report for several years has ranked disease of the heart and blood vessels as a leading cause of death in Barbados as indeed it is internationally. It is against this background that the Foundation brings together physicians and laymen committed to voluntarily addressing this major health problem.

The Foundation is a non-governmental organization and receives no funding from government. Therefore the organization is very heavily dependent upon donations and fees to carry out our work.

Mission Statement

Our Mission is to keep people heart healthy and reduce suffering and death from heart disease and stroke.

Aims and Objectives

» Developing a broad scientific and medical programme in the field of heart disease and stroke designed to seek new knowledge, disseminate new and existing knowledge and apply it for the benefit of persons suffering from these diseases.

» Engaging in a nation wide programme of public education and awareness to inform people regarding the importance of heart disease and stroke as problems and what can be done to prevent or control them.

» Developing a nation wide organization through which these purposes may be realized.

» Securing the funds needed to finance the Foundation's programmes and operations by appropriate methods.

Our Programmes

The Foundation is committed to being involved in many healthy lifestyle initiatives and has developed and currently has in place three major long-term programmes:

» Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme (CDP&R)

"The Gym with a difference"

The specific rehabilitation through regular prescribed and monitored exercise, dietary and psychological counseling and the education of persons who have had heart surgery, a heart attack, heart failure, a stroke or are at special risk of the foregoing.

The Foundation presently provides a rehabilitation service free of cost to indigent patients of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital who have had heart surgery, a heart attack or heart failure.

Emergency Cardiac Care Programme

Under this programme Basic Cardiac Life Support training and certification is provided to laypersons, health care providers, and medical students. Advanced Cardiac Life support training and certification is provided to medical doctors and other specially selected health care workers. A Heart Saver First Aid programme provides training for the general public in the use of an Automated External Defibrillator and general first aid.

All the Heart Foundation training courses under this programme are run by instructors accredited by the American Heart Association.

Advocacy

» Publishing a quarterly magazine - Heartline
» Hosting Barbados and Stroke Heart Week
» Maintaining an up to date web site - www.hsfbarbados.org
» Educational outreach through TV and national press
» Health fairs
» Providing counseling pre and post heart operation or stroke

#3 Railway View, Ladymeade Gardens,
Jemmotts Lane,
St. Michael,
BB 11156,
Barbados.
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For reservations call (246) 437-3312 or Fax: (246) 430-9898
Located in St. Michael, South Coast
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