Russian Medical Fund was a humanitarian organization founded in Vienna, Virginia,Schanke, Jerry, "Giving the Gift of Life," Vienna Times, 16 August 2001, pp. A1, A7 to support medical care for children in Saint Petersburg, Russia, during the post-Soviet period.PetersburgCity News, 20 June 2001, "A new heart surgery room opened in Children's City Hospital No. 1" City section, front pageGuideStar USA website, "Russian Medical Fund" organization # 54-1869946
Russian Medical Fund provided supplies, equipment, and physician trainingCivil Society International, website, "International Organizations: Health and Medicine" to the pediatric cardiac unit of Children's Hospital #1Children's Hospital No. 1, St. Petersburg, Cardiac Surgery Department website of Saint Petersburg. The fund provided for a new 7-bed pediatric intensive care unit,PetersburgCity News, City section, front page purchased a heart-lung machine, King, Sheri, "To Russia, with Love," The Middletown Journal, 22 September 2001, local news, p. B5 and underwrote a complete renovation of the congenital surgery operating suite.Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin, 1 October 2002, p. 49 In addition, RMF advocated the continuation of U.S. funding for civil society programs thereJohnson's Russia List, website, 20 February 2006, letter to the editor, "Less Money for Democracy" and co-sponsored humanitarian and medical work being done by a related organization, Global Healing.Global Healing, website, "Contributors"
The organization was created as a private foundation in 1996 and continued operations until 2008.Firedoglake, website, 24 November 2008, "Russian Medical Fund" The fund was affiliated with the American International Health Alliance.American International Health Alliance, website, "All AIHA Strategic Partners"
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See also Healthcare in Russia
References American International Health Alliance, website, "All AIHA Strategic Partners". Cardiac Surgery Department, Children's Hospital Number 1, St. Petersburg, Russia, website. Civil Society International, website, "International Organizations: Health and Medicine". Firedoglake, website, 24 November 2008, "Russian Medical Fund". Global Healing, Berkeley, California, website, "Contributors". Johnson's Russia List, website, 20 February 2006, #27 - JRL 2006-43 - JRL Home. King, Sheri, "To Russia, with Love," The Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio, 22 September 2001, local news, p. B5. PetersburgCity News, St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 June 2001, City news section, "A new heart surgery room opened in Children's City Hospital No. 1". Schanke, Jerry, "Giving the Gift of Life," Vienna Times, Vienna, Virginia, 16 August 2001, pp. A1, A7.
External links American International Health Alliance Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital website Civil Society International Firedoglake Global Healing Johnson's Russia List PetersburgCity News article