I kēia lā, ua wehe ʻia ka Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Center, i kūkulu ʻia i ka hoʻomanaʻo a Mr. de la Renta e Grupo Puntacana Foundation, ma ka moku ʻo Veron Punta Cana o La Altagracia. Ua hele ʻia kēia hanana e ka Pelekikena Dominican Republic, ʻo Danilo Medina, a ʻo Annette de la Renta. E hāʻawi ka hale i nā lawelawe olakino ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe loa i ka heluna kanaka ma mua o 15,000 mau keiki e noho nei i nā kaiāulu i hana ʻole ʻia ma Veron Punta Cana.
E mālama ʻia ka hale hana me ka Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Health, Servicio Nacional de Salud, Akron Children's Hospital a me Grupo Puntacana Foundation. E mālama ia i nā keiki 50-60 i kēlā me kēia lā, mai nā keiki hānau hou a i ʻumikumamālima mau makahiki. E hāʻawi ʻia nā lawelawe o Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Center me ka uku ʻole, me ka uku haʻahaʻa no nā lawelawe ʻoihana. E ʻike a mālama ka hale i nā maʻi maʻamau, e hāʻawi i ka nānā mau a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, e lawe i nā x-ray a me nā scans, a nānā i ka holomua o ka ulu ʻana o nā keiki.
"Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka wehe ʻana i ka Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Center a lawe mai i ka lāʻau olakino kiʻekiʻe i nā keiki o Punta Cana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Frank Rainieri, ʻo CEO ʻo Grupo Puntacana. "ʻO kēia kumu he mea nui ia iā mākou. ʻO ia ka hopena o kahi mikiona like me Oscar de la Renta e hōʻoia i ka holomua o nā keiki i ko mākou wahi no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. ”
"Ua hauʻoli nui ka Halemai Haumāna ʻo Akron e lilo i ʻāpana o kahi papahana e ʻae iā mākou e lawe i kā mākou ʻike olakino pediatric i nā keiki o ka Dominican Republic," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Kauka Norman Christopher, Lunahoomalu o ka ʻOihana o Pediatrics ma ka Haukapila Children's Akron. "He huakaʻi hou kupaianaha kēia no kā mākou Keʻena o Pediatric Global Health a me kā mākou kauka, kahu wahine a me nā kamaʻāina. E loaʻa iā mākou ka nui o ka pili e like me kā mākou e hāʻawi ai iā ia. ”
"Ua hauʻoli ʻo VCOM e hui pū me ka Grupo Puntacana Foundation, ke Kuhina o ke olakino ma Dominican Republic, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i mea e holomua ai ka mālama olakino ʻana no nā keiki ʻo Verón, i ʻōlelo ʻia e John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, ka luna o VCOM. "Ke kakali nei mākou i kahi holomua holomua hou i nā lawelawe olakino ma o kēia hana nui a me nā mea hou."
Ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻia kēia keʻena e ko Mr. de la Renta makemake nui no Altagracia, kahi i hoʻopukapuka a me ka mea nona ka hale ma Puntacana Resort & Club. I kona manawa he home ʻona, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Mr. de la Renta iā ia iho e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wahi hoʻoneʻe a me nā kaiāulu a puni. Ma waena o nā hana i hana ʻia, hana pū ʻo ia me ka pro tennis ʻo Felix de Los Santos e hoʻomohala iā Puntacana Resort & Club's Ballboy Program, e pōmaikaʻi ana i nā ʻōpio o Altagracia a paipai iā lākou e hoʻonui i kā lākou aʻo. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia iā Tortuga Bay ma Puntacana Resort & Club ma 2005, kahi papahana hōkele hoʻokahi āna i hana ai. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā makahiki he iwakālua hope o kona ola ma ia wahi.
