May is national nurses’ month – it’s when we all recognize everything that our nurses do to help promote health, prevent diseases and aid sick patients.
Today Action News Jax got to meet two local nurses who are being celebrated for their contributions to the medical field by a global non-profit they volunteer with.Rodney and Mary Jose or “MJ” Kapunan have been married nearly 20 years and share 3 beautiful kids. They met in Bristol, a city in England where MJ says a friend from church introduced them to one another. They stayed friends for 5 years before marrying one another on June 11, 2004.
MJ says her decision to get in the medical field was heavily dependent on her family urging her to help people. For Rodney, he describes himself as being a caring individual who was fascinated with science. When he thought about ways to combine the two, he realized that the world of medicine was for him.
But for the month of May, which is national nurses’ month, the couple is being celebrated by Operation Smile. It’s a global non-profit that for the last 40 years has given free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries to almost 13,000 patients who live in areas with poor healthcare.Mr. and Mrs. Kapunan got involved with Operation Smile because of Rodney’s cousin.Rodney says his cousin went through more than 5 surgeries to fix her lip.
The Kapunan’s say that the best part about Operation Smile is that you don’t have to work in medicine to volunteer. For example, speech pathologists are also needed. You can learn more on how to volunteer by visiting the following web link.
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