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A new partnership – Dr. Bohay

Awakened again by the sounds of singing through the valley. Very serene and much better than wakening to an alarm.
Rounds were made, dressings changed and we were off to the operating room where we were able to reduce a 5 week old open femur fracture and apply an external fixator. Earlier in the morning we [...]

A new covenant for Haiti

It is just before midnight on Wednesday as I step outside to once again talk to a machine to summarize our day’s events in hopes of bringing our family and friends a bit closer to us  through this blog. I look around and there are a few lights in the distance The stars are out [...]

OAM team #4, day 4 in Haiti

To recap our second day in Haiti at the Double Harvest Mission: It wouldn’t be another day in Haiti without another delivery!  Yes today, Susan Kaminski the OB specialist with us was busy once again.  There was another emergent delivery of an infant in the back of a pickup truck.  The team at Double Harvest [...]

OAM Team #4, Day 2 in Haiti

Today marks our second morning in Haiti.  We said goodbye to our friends from Miami today who provided us such a tremendous welcome and were truly a wonderful team that was able to fill all rolls and were able to support us in transition and getting our feet on the ground our first full day [...]

Team #4 already in the flow of things.

Team #4 has been on the ground in Haiti now for just over 24 hours. We had a warm welcome from the Miami team here on the ground. They have helped us make a relatively smooth transition.
We have answered a census at the Double Harvest Clinic of close to 50 patients. We have gotten started [...]

Dr. Jabara’s reflections on Haiti

Well the time is over for us here in Haiti. We fly home tomorrow. The week has been filled with ups and downs. Probably more downs than ups. We finished the day with 9 surgeries. Most went very well. Have a few on for tomorrow for the new crew that is arriving.
The day ended on [...]

Dr. Anderson’s reflections on his time in Haiti

To all:
It is hard to believe a week has passed by so quickly. Team 3 has completed our work here this week but the work is far from done, and Team 4 will have plenty to do when we pass off to them tomorrow. Most of us feel bittersweet about leaving. The atmosphere here is [...]

Hope for Haiti

“We have no hope”.  That was what one of the people told me today. I tried to get an understanding of what exactly he meant. I also tried to ask him how they deal with their pain and their losses. He had no more words. I feel for these people. Many are unemployed, little education, [...]

A busy day in Haiti

Another busy but productive day for all at the Double Harvest. We saw some staffing changes and had to say goodbye to many friends made over the past 4 days  who will not be forgotten.  Spending 4 days together in high intensity conditions and in close quarters has a way of forging bonds between strangers [...]

The view from Haiti

Photo of Dr. Michael Jabara in OR with Amanda Post (scrub tech), Dr. Vladimyr Roseau (haitian physician), Dr. Bret Doud (anesthesia) and another Haitian physician observing an ORIF femur

Photo of Dr. Anderson with 10 year boy with ex-fix of femur and open wound

Photo of Dr. Jabara and 5 year old girl with femoral neck [...]