Tag Archives: broken bones

Team 6B’s last night in Haiti

Ki jan ou rele? (What is your name?) Our last night in Croix de Bouquets. Today we fixed our first acute fracture, a 13-year-old who fractured his femur playing soccer.  First case we were able to use our brand new large fragment set of screws (which was complete!!) that had been hand delivered by Tony, [...]

The transition of teams – Dr. Schwab

Team 5 left today and 6 is on its way. As with all of the teams they did a great job and I was so impressed with all of them. It is a great experience to work with such dedicated and talented people. Our group (5a) is providing the transition and that will be very [...]

Orthopaedic needs continue – Dr. Bohay

One of the common statements from all the teams has been the fact that the days seem very long, but the week is done in a blink. Our last day started like all others; breakfast and watching the sunrise over the fields while drinking hot coffee from a pan on the stove. Rounds went smoothly, [...]