Dr. Wayne H. Roberts

Equipment and furnishings for the new hospices have been donated by Dr. Wayne H. Roberts of Edmond, Oklahoma, whose son Wayne works as a geologist with Devon Energy in Oklahoma City.When Dr. Roberts retired from medicine in June 2000 after 63 years of practice, he gave Azerbaijan the medical equipment from Parkside Hospital, which he had built and opened in 1950.The donation includes operating room equipment, surgical tools and lab equipment, plus furnishings for 25 hospital rooms - hospital beds, stands, screens, sheets and blankets.

TransOceanic Caspian packed the equipment into a container for its lengthy voyage.Devon Energy paid for the shipping from the United States to Baku and is now working with INSAN to set up the hospices.

The first hospice will be located at the Oncology Center in Baku, which treats approximately 3,000 cancer patients each year.

Equipment and furnishings for the new hospices have been donated by Dr. Wayne H. Roberts of Edmond, Oklahoma, whose son Wayne works as a geologist with Devon Energy in Oklahoma City.When Dr. Roberts retired from medicine in June 2000 after 63 years of practice, he gave Azerbaijan the medical equipment from Parkside Hospital, which he had built and opened in 1950.

Equipment and furnishings for the new hospices have been donated by Dr. Wayne H. Roberts of Edmond, Oklahoma, whose son Wayne works as a geologist with Devon Energy in Oklahoma City.When Dr. Roberts retired from medicine in June 2000 after 63 years of practice, he gave Azerbaijan the medical equipment from Parkside Hospital, which he had built and opened in 1950.

Equipment and furnishings for the new hospices have been donated by Dr. Wayne H. Roberts of Edmond, Oklahoma, whose son Wayne works as a geologist with Devon Energy in Oklahoma City.When Dr. Roberts retired from medicine in June 2000 after 63 years of practice, he gave Azerbaijan the medical equipment from Parkside Hospital, which he had built and opened in 1950.