Guatemala City - Guatemalas Vice President Dr. Rafael Espada is a world famous Hearth Surgeon, his home used to be in Houston, at The Methodist Hospital and the University of Baylor's Medical School. Yesterday he disregarded cholesterol for a good cause.
McDonalds celebrated its own Guatemalan invention: The McHappy Day, McDía Feliz, to sell as many Big Mac's as they can at this day. Then they donate the proceeds to save the lives and improve the health of underprivileged children in Guatemala. It is a yearly event and all resources are destined to the Children Foundation Ronald McDonald. This Foundation donates the proceeds to enormously important causes; one of them has been for many years the Guatemalan Cardiovascular Unit, UNICAR.
At the Guatemalan Cardiovascular Unit, thanks to this yearly event of McDonalds, many children who need heart surgery have been able to be cured and are now leading a normal healthy life. Dr. Espada was the first to raise funds for the Unit, and thanks to him and other famous surgeons and people in Guatemalan Society who had received life saving hearth surgery, the Unit, UNICAR, was initiated in 1994 with private donations as capital. Dr Espada worked for free with the unit for 12 years, saving many lives.
Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, President of the Children Foundation Ronald McDonald has been a big helping hand to UNICAR for many years, hence this very unique triangle of the Vice President of Guatemala, Dr Espada, Big Mac and healthy children.
This year's proceeds will help children in need of surgery, children who need hearing aids and Hospital Roosevelt´s Health School. The city folks of Guatemala know about the yearly event and really go Big Mac on this day to support this good cause.
The biggest surprise was for the staff of McDonalds in Zone 9, when Vice President Espada just showed up and bought 300 Big Mac's. 299 Big Mac's for school children and one for him.
Editors note: We at The Guatemala Times have to confess that we also eat McDonalds, especially when there is no time to cook and there are too many news to report.
