As the sun rises over the mountains of Haiti, Team 5B left for the airport for their trek home. We are left with a manageable workload, heading into the beginning of the week. We were able to do five surgeries yesterday and then headed into the city to pick up patients from the University Hospital. [...]
Tag Archives: Haitians
The transition of teams – Dr. Schwab
February 22, 2010 – 11:40 am
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 [...]
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 [...]
A new partnership – Dr. Bohay
February 17, 2010 – 8:41 am
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 [...]
Simple Joys from a Complicated Situation
February 15, 2010 – 9:30 am
Sunday 2/14/10
As the sun rose this morning there was one baby being delivered and another on the way. We are blessed to have Josh and Kelly, our emergency room staff, who swept down and delivered the baby smoothly. We spent the day Saturday in Port-Au-Prince making some visits to the hospitals. Bob, Sarah, Larinda and [...]
Team 5’s Initial Thoughts from Haiti
February 14, 2010 – 5:22 pm
Initial Thoughts
Haiti is amazing! The amazement begins on a private jet flying 43,000 feet over the Bahama Islands and continues as you fly across the mountain ranges of Haiti. Unreal. It looks like Hawaii, but then as you approach the airport you see the Navy Comfort ship, aircraft carriers, Apache helicopters, Nancy Pelosi’s plane and [...]
