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Sights On Health is a nonprofit tax exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

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Or make checks payable to Sights on Health, Inc. and mail to:

Sights on Health, Inc.
P.O. Box 427
Setauket, N.Y. 11733

• Transport team from Quito to Riobamba, Roundtrip   $550
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• Oxygen tanks for patients while having cataract surgery $58
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• BSS (Balanced Saline Solution) for surgery 35 bottles @ $35 each, $1,225 total or $35 for 1 bottle
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• Non sterile gloves @$11.00/box need 20 boxes, $220 total or $11 each
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• Bouffant hats for operating room box of 1000 @$70
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• Shoe covers 300 @ $35, need 2 boxes @$70
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• Surgical masks 300 @ $44
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• Sterile surgical gowns 175@ $432
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• Chlorohexidine for hand scrubbing prior to surgery 3 bottles @ $95
  Donated By: Diane Farrel

• Steam Indicator strips 500/box @$38 each, $76 for 2 boxes
  Donated By: Mr. & Mrs. Schram 

• Sterile Mayo stand covers 30/case @$45 each, $180 for 4 cases or $45 each
  Donated By: Dr. Jacqueline Armani                                    

• Viscoelastic for eye surgery 45 vials @$45 each, $1,530 or $45 per vial
  Donated By: Gilda Zirinsky $360 (8 vials)

• 10cc syringes 400/box @$44
  Donated By: Dr. Jacqueline Armani 

• 3cc syringes 200/box @$22
  Donated By: Dr. Jacqueline Armani 

• Sterile Instrument pouches 100 @ $22.58
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• Intravenous solution for patients 40 bags for $180 or 10 bags for $45
  Donated By: Katherine La Forte

ANALGESICS, ANTIPYRETICS , ALLERGY:

• Tylenol 1000 tabs $10Donated By:

• Tylenol liquid for children to treat 6 children for $30
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• Motrin 1500 tabs $35, need 4500 @ $105
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• Motrin liquid for children 300 tabs for $20
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• Benadryl 1000 tabs $15, need 2000 @ $30
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• Claritin 500 tabs $28
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• Prednisone 100 $10
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• EpiPen 10 doses @ $20
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• Cough Drops 1500 @ $60
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GASTRO-INTESTINAL:

• Prilosec 1000 tabs  $57
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• Dulcolax 1000 tabs $10
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ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIVIRALS & ANTIFUNGALS to treat infections:

• Amoxicillin children’s dose 1000 tabs $40
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• Amoxicillin liquid 40 doses $70
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• Amoxicillin adult dose 1000 tabs $50
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• Augmentin 50 tabs $25
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• Augmentin children’s dose: treat 1 child $11, need 10 @ $110
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• Zithromax 500 tabs $150
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• Zithromax for children: treat 10 children $30, need for 40 children @ $120
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• Keflex 100 tabs $10
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• Keflex for children 1 dose $20, four children $80
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• Cipro 500 tabs $50
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• Tetracycline 1000 tabs $50
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• Fluconanzole 100 tabs $20
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• Levaquin 100 tabs $20, need 200 @ $40
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• Bactrim 500 tabs $30
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• Bactrim liquid 12 bottles $25
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• Flagyl 1000 tabs $40
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• Nystatin liquid  5 doses $10
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• Zovirax 500 tabs $35
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• Diflucan 100 doses $20
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ANTIPARASITICS:

• Albendazol 500 tabs $40
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• Ivermectin 100 tabs $15
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• Mebendazol 1000 tabs $25
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• Permethrin 1 treatment for 1 person $10, need 20 @ $200
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• ItchB Gone 1 treatment $35, need 2 @ $70
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MEDICATIONS TO TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:

• Lasix 1000 tabs $15
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• Zestril 1000 tabs $15
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• Lopressor 1000 tabs $25
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• Terazosin 100 tabs $20
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TOPICAL CREAMS:

• Hydrocortisone 20 tubes $30
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• Vitamin A & D 144 tubes $10, need 288 @ $20
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• White Petrolatum 144 tubes $10
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• Antibiotic 12 tubes $23
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• Antifungal 6 tubes $15
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• Antifungal 10 tubes $20
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CARDIOVASCULAR:

• Aspirin 1000 tabs $10, need 10,000 @ $100
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• Metoprolol 10000 tabs $20
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• Terazocin 100 tablets $20
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VITAMINS/MINERALS:

• Folic Acid 1000 tabs @ $25
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• Infant Multivitamin for 30 children $130
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• Children’s multivitamin 5000 doses @ $80
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• Pre- Natal Vitamins 2500 doses @ $100
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• Iron supplement 2000 doses @ $20
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• Vitamin A 1000 doses @ $70
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DENTAL HYGIENE:

• Toothpaste  100 tubes @ $25, need 500 tubes @ $125
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Christina Carmi – middle row, third from the left.

A big thank you to Christina Carmi (RN, Memorial Sloan Kettering) for organizing an NYC Pilates class that raised $600 for our Ecuador mission this upcoming May. And many thanks to SLT Studio (@sltnyc), the wonderful instructor Denita, and all the incredible women who joined in. Your energy is powering our work to bring free cataract surgery and essential medications to those in need. We can’t wait to have Christina on the mission trip this year!

Our goal is to restore vision, health and hope, one community at a time. We’re honored to work alongside passionate individuals like Chrisitina who drive real, meaningful action.

Feeling inspired like our very own Christina? We’d love to hear your fundraising ideas—contact us. And if you’re ready to jump in and help make a difference, you can donate here. Let’s make this mission a success, together!

May 16-23, 2025
Flights: Round trip  JFK-Quito, Ecuador
We are accepting donations through our PayPal  link to assist in purchasing medical & surgical supplies for the mission.

Volunteers needed

Medicine team: they will travel to communities for 4 to 5 days

• 3-4 MDS of various specialties
• 1-2RNs
• 1pharmacist
• 1 optometrist & 1 ophthalmic tech
• 1-2 medical residents & 1-2  medical students
• 1 administrative assistant
• 2 translators

Surgical Eye Team: the surgical patients will have already been selected, the team will operate out of Fibuspam Hospital

•  2-3 ophthalmic surgeons
•  2-3 RNSs or CSTs for OR with ophthalmic experience
•  2-3 floaters for OR
•  1 ophthalmology resident
•  1-2 anesthesiologists or critical care physicians
•  1 preop/postop RN
•  1 sterilization tech
•  1 administrative assistant
•  2 translators

There will be an opportunity to visit the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon or hiking Cotopaxi after the mission is completed. There will be a travel agent who can guide you through the process. Otherwise, you can return with the main group on May 23rd.

If you are interested in joining the Sights on Health team, please email Dr. Debra Messina for an application no later than 12/3/2024 Thank you!

Despite this year’s challenging times, Sights on Health, Inc. has been able to offer support to those in need in Peru, New York, and Native American reservations in South Dakota & the Southwest. As a result of your generosity Sights on Health’s gift giving fundraising drive has purchased $5,000 worth of fingertip pulse oximeters; 200 devices have been delivered to the Navajo Nation’s reservation this month. Case management teams will distribute them to people with active COVID cases and healthcare workers for their use. Thank you!

On behalf of the thousands of people we have and will serve… won’t you consider donating to our mission work as you plan your end of year giving? Your continued support of our mission is deeply gratifying to us and we hope it is the same for you.

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Wishing you a wonderful, safe, and healthy New Year in 2021.

Directors & Officers of Sights on Health, Inc.
Debra Messina, MD, Joseph Ng, MD, Cathy Roberts, Andrew Maggiolo, George Coritsidis, MD, Michael Sable, MD and James Rienzo

So far, Chris & Adam have made more than 250 face shields and 100 ear savers and donated them to several hospitals in Webster & Peabody, Massachusetts & the West Roxbury VA hospital. They recently sent Sights on Health 60 face shields & 15 ear savers for Elmhurst Hospital in Queens & will be sending these supplies to healthcare workers treating Native Americans at the Indian Health Hospitals in South Dakota. Thanks to their determination, they plan to keep making them until they cannot obtain materials anymore or their 3D printers fail to work any longer. THANK YOU, Chris and Adam, for your efforts to provide our frontline healthcare workers with protective face gear across the USA!

Today was a day of rest and adventure following a week of clinical activities. Some of our team members enjoyed a day exploring Quito, Ecuador before our flight at night back to the United States, while about ten of us were interested in hiking the Cotopaxi volcano. We woke up early and walked to the meeting spot a few blocks away from our hotel, La Casa Sol. We met our tour guides for the day who taught us interesting and important information as we traveled. For example, the section of the Pan-American Highway that passes through Ecuador is called “La Avenida de Volcanes.” There are four ecosystems in the national park, including grasslands, super grasslands, high mountains, and glaciers. Cotopaxi means “neck of the moon.” Volcanic activity is constantly monitored and safety precautions are taken. The national park was closed to any touristic activity for over one year due to increased volcanic activity in 2015 and 2016, and was reopened in October 2017.

The tour bus then stopped at a restaurant for breakfast, where we enjoyed pancakes with papaya and granola, omelets, bread and butter, juice, tea, and coffee. We bought hats and gloves there in preparation for the cold weather closer to the top of the volcano. We entered the national park and took a memorable group picture at a scenic point.

There were two paths to climb the volcano, a shorter one with a steeper incline and a longer one with a more gradual incline. Dr. Joseph Kristan and I climbed the steeper path and met our team members near the glaciers. We then rested at the refuge center which was located at an altitude of approximately 16,000 feet. Some adventurous folk then rode mountain bikes down the side of the volcano in weather that varied from cloudy to hailing to sunny. After many hours of intense physical activity, we then filled our stomachs with delicious potato soup, chicken, cold pasta salad, seasoned broccoli and cauliflower, and juice.

Debra Messina, M.D. – Team Leader

We got back on the bus and finished our journey. We arrived at a local artisan market in Quito by 3:30 pm and stayed till 4:45 pm. We then drove to the new hotel we would be staying at for one night, called La Casa Sol. We checked in to our rooms, relaxed, and ate dinner. Two key members of our team left for the airport at night – Dr. Allison Angelilli, a skilled ophthalmologist who made it possible to perform three glaucoma surgeries during this mission, and Shashi Muttreja, a knowledgeable registered nurse with years of experience in the operating room. We are grateful for their major contributions and look forward to working together in the coming future. For now, it’s time to sleep. I have a volcano to hike tomorrow. ¡Hasta mañana!