For Frank Brady, who spent his international business career traveling to third-world countries, and his wife, Peg Brady, implementing the means to provide sustainable access to quality healthcare has become a lifelong commitment.
A few years into retirement, a growing concern for seriously ill children was difficult for Frank and Peg to ignore. But, could two individuals, from their home in New Jersey, really effect change for dying children half a world away? Each could bring years of corporate and professional experience to bear on a profoundly disturbing situation. So a kernel of an idea began to take shape - one that combined a passion for helping children with a strong interest in information technology. Medical Missions for Children and its Global Telemedicine & Teaching Network™ were born.
In 1999, through a personally arranged partnership with Hospital del Niño in Panama City, Panama, Medical Missions for Children took flight. This first partnership was an important milestone - it was the moment when Frank and Peg's broad vision became reality. Catastrophically ill children no longer waited endlessly for critical medical care; now the United States' most experienced physicians were merely a teleconference away.
Frank and Peg Brady have taken on a monumental task — caring for the world's sickest children. But their vision — to bring top-flight medical care directly to the children through the use of today's most efficient telecommunications technology — is working. Single-handedly, the couple has nurtured key financial, technological and medical relationships and, in sharing their vision, has created a global network of caring, dedicated volunteers affecting the lives of thousands of ill children.
