In 1979, an urgent relief effort was needed in Vietnam for refugees from the neighboring country of Cambodia. Our three random winners who correctly answered what country the displaced individuals came from are Kathy Haimson, Kelsey Zuppan, and Anita L. Lilly. Please send an e-mail to pr@llu.edu to claim your prize, which must be picked up within 60 days.
LLU students, alumni, and friends responded to the need. On December 2, 1979, a group of medical and public health professionals traveled to Thailand to provide health care in cooperation with Seventh-day Adventist World Service.
Also in Vietnam, five years earlier, the Loma Linda University Overseas Heart Surgery Team performed the country’s first-ever open-heart surgery. This team, founded in 1963 by Drs. Joan Coggin and Ellsworth Wareham, travels to underserved countries in order to both perform needed operations and train local physicians in the art of cardiac surgery.
To what country did the Overseas Heart Surgery Team make its first trip in 1963?
The team visited numerous countries such as Zimbabwe, Nepal, North Korea, Greece, and Saudi Arabia.
E-mail your answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Tuesday, May 20, for a chance to win.