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6 The Link Magazine • August 2002
Swindon Smile Menders
PHOENIX SURGERY take aid to the Ukraine
Dunwich Drive,Toothill Village Centre Another mercy mission to provide dental and health care to children
and adults in Ukraine took place during July when Brendon and
y Natasha Ball, and Richard and Linda Swift from the Freshbrook and
, Gent tL Swindon,
Serei West and Milton Road dental practices delivered £20,000 worth of supplies to
the city of Cherkassy.
Dr Peter Swinyard And after two years of planning, improvements in dental and health
Dr Robert Forrester fundraising and delicate bureau- care for their people.
cratic negotiation, they departed
"You cannot imagine how much
in two vehicles on 10 July on a four bureaucratic discussion has been
And new to the practice: day journey towing a six metre involved. Every last item has had
former school's mobile clinic to be to be listed for customs clearance
Dr Anke Lehmkuhl used in the region around the city, and the digital pictures of the unit
an area the size of Wales with a taken by The Link and e-mailed to
New patients welcome • (01793) 600440 population of 1.5 million. Ukraine in early July will be essen-
The trip is a continuation of work tial evidence to get us across the
Brendon and Richard started in border."
1999 when they first delivered den- Smile Menders has received vast
tal equipment and materials to amounts of practical assistance and
Ashington Way Pharmacy, West Swindon Cherkassy and provided up-to- discounted price materials. Den-
date training for local dentists. tists on the Wiltshire Local Dental
Free hearing test and advice In 2000 Dr Ivan Kovolenko and Committee have made major con-
• Specialists in individual hearing care colleague Kateryna Kormovenko tributions, and the Wiltshire
Health Authority has provided
• Service and repairs to all makes of hearing aids visited Swindon to observe dental
practice. Later that year Brendon health education information.
• Digital programmable hearing aids
married their translator Natasha, Now repainted and refitted the
Consultations by appointment only who has become an essential link three tonne clinic has been dedi-
MRS NEAL RHAD MsHAA Hearing Aid Specialist in developing contacts with cated to Pete Holland, partner in
Ashington Way Pharmacy (next to Ashington Surgery) Ukraine and finding ways through Holland Handling at Minety, the
Ashington Way, Westlea. Swindon relevant bureaucracies. waste management company
Tel: 01793 616840
"Our hearing aid advisory service has helped
many people with their hearing problems"
Call us and hear how we can help you. Home visits can be arranged.
Ready to roll
to the Ukraine,
Brendowond
Vatasha•Ball,
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L 4. find
1,, Jcha ' Swift
The idea of providing mobile which used the caravan as a work-
health care started to take shape ers canteen before handing it over.
and a new charity, Smile Menders, Pete fought a long brave battle
was formed. against cancer and died in 2000.
Speaking before they left, The unit was refurbished and
We have a number of properties throughout Brendon said, "dental treatment is re-insulated to cope with the harsh
available in the city but in the rural Ukraine winter by staff at Glenpac
the Swindon area, providing accommodation areas it is non-existent. Southern in Cricklade and it was
for a comfortable yet independent retirement. "Dr Kovolenko is now regional repainted by Titcombe Garages in
director of dental services and Westlea. MFI, Mays Carpets and
Please call us for further details on plans to use the unit to provide Cutting Edge Signs helped. Wilt-
care for children shut away in or- shire Police provided blue and yel-
01672 515622 phanages. His wife Nadia is direc- low reflective strips which happen
tor of paediatric services and is to match the colours in the Ukraine
organising a health care pro- flag.
riTi James Butcher gramme for mothers with babies. equipment to Chekassy general
The team will also be delivering
"We're all very excited about the
Housing Association prospects for this project. There's hospital from the late Dr Dilleep
been a lot of hard work pulling it Godbole's surgery at Shaw Cen-
together at this end and the people tre. Some was donated to a hospi-
Providing accommodation throughout the central and south of England.
A chanty, incorporated as an Industrial and Provident Soaety No. 16602 R. in Ukraine have been working tal in the Crimea last year.
equally hard to persuade civil serv- To find out more, call Brendon
ants that the unit will result in real on 873044 after 29 July.
