LEWISTON – Maine Family Federal Credit Union has donated computer equipment to the Konbit Sante Cap-Haitien Health Partnership.

The equipment was donated to the Justinian Hospital, which is a 300-bed teaching hospital in Cap-Haitien on the northern coast of Haiti.

Operating under the auspices of the Haitian Ministry of Health, the hospital is the largest health care provider in the northern part of the country and serves an estimated population of 200,000 to 400,000 people. The computers helped to improve the quality of education for the residents in internal medicine, OB/GYN and other specialty departments.

The hospital has an emergency room, operating rooms, several adult inpatient medical and surgical wards, an OB/GYN unit and a pediatric ward. It has residency programs in medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, OB/GYN and family practice.

The partnership initiated a Sister Cities relationship between Portland and Cap-Haitien, Haiti. While the need to stay focused on their health mission is recognized, they also recognize that broadening community support and involvement will have a synergistic benefit for the people of both Cap-Haitien and Portland.