Project New Hope provides no-cost surgery to disadvantaged children through the collaborative efforts of volunteer doctors, nurses, clinical and non-clinical providers.
Nevada is currently ranked 49th in the nation in the number of children without health insurance. Because of a lack of health insurance, many children have foregone needed but non life-threatening surgeries. To help address this need, Project New Hope, since its inception in 1997, has helped more than 200 children receive treatment they needed and could not afford.
Saint Mary's donates the use of the surgical services and equipment; various vendors donate medical supplies; and community partners donate non-medical goods and services to make the program a success. The majority of surgeries performed are plastic/reconstructive in nature, but orthopedic, general, urologic, ophthalmologic, ear/nose/throat and vascular procedures are also performed.
For more information about Project New Hope, contact Kit Landis at (775) 770-3071 or at kit.landis@chw.edu.
