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Dominick, Cicero & Pee Dee Kay Medical Come Together to Donate 100 Wheelchairs to Haiti

Cicero Town President Larry Dominick and the Town of Cicero have joined together with Pee Dee Kay Medical to donate 100 wheelchairs to the devastated island nation of Haiti.

On Tuesday, January 12th, Haiti was rocked by a massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale, a seismic event more powerful than the explosion of the largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested. The International Red Cross has estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake, with Haitian officials estimating that the disaster would claim between 100,000 and 200,000 lives.

This catastrophic earthquake has laid ruin to many of Haiti's national landmarks - the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral - as well as much of the existing state infrastructure including all hospitals in the capital city Port-au-Prince, the headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, most air, sea and land transport facilities, as well as communication systems.

In the wake of the initial destruction, Haiti suffered a multitude of aftershocks, some measuring as high as 5.9 on the Richter scale. Many of the buildings weakened by the initial quake were fully laid to waste by the power of the aftershocks.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has called this the worst disaster the UN had ever confronted.

Also effected by the massive devastation were many of the social welfare and social service providers in Haiti, such as orphanages, hospitals, clinics and facilities for children and adults with disabilities and specific medical needs. With this in mind, President Dominick, along with Pee Dee Kay Medical, Cicero Health Department Director Elizabeth Dominick, Head Pharmacist Mahendra Khatau, Administrator Jeanette Leiva and President's Office for People with Disabilities Director Kathy Ordman, has organized this benevolent donation of 100 wheelchairs to help provide relief to those whose lives have turned upside down by this earthquake.

"The catastrophic destruction in Haiti is heartbreaking to see," said President Dominick. "I ask that all the people of Cicero keep everyone in Haiti in their thoughts and prayers as they grapple with this horrific disaster and work to rebuild their homes, their cities and their country."

"With this donation of 100 wheelchairs, we hope that we can provide some help and relief to those who are now so desperately wanting for aid," continued Dominick. "We want them to know that the Town of Cicero is always there to lend a helping hand to those in their time of need."

Previous Presidential initiatives have provided aid and much needed supplies to those with disabilities in foreign nations such as Ecuador.

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