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Team 6B’s last night in Haiti

March 2, 2010 – 10:02 pm

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, a friend [...]

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Sense of renewal – Dr. Bohay

February 18, 2010 – 9:48 am

7:11 a.m.
We were visited yesterday by Dr. Charles who is in charge of overall medical communication and logistics here in Haiti. She is among a group in Haiti who have organized a countrywide scheme to identify facilities with beds and resources available. She commended us on the Double Harvest facility and sent praise to all [...]

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