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 [...]
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OAM Team #4, Day 2 in Haiti
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 [...]
Review of the day: 2/3
Update from Haiti: Patient census around 40. We have 11 surgeries planned for tomorrow (Thurs). Our colleagues from Indiana left for home today. That leaves only the Grand Rapids crew and three others from Oklahoma.
We were visited by members of the 82nd Airborne today. About 12-15 soldiers. Basically checking on our supplies, patients, any needs [...]
A recon mission in Port-au-Prince – Dr. Anderson 2/1
Today started uneventfully. We had only a few cases scheduled that were leftover from the night before. We caught up on our sleep and spent some time working out kinks. We had generator issues all day yesterday, with power drops that were short but enough to wreak havoc on our sterilizer. Because of the generator [...]
The why’s of Haiti: Dr. Jabara’s post 2/1
Awesome! Today was another good day. Up this morning at 5:30 a.m. to begin rounds before our daily 7:30 a.m. group meeting. Most post op patients doing well.
Last night was some more excitement. A 24 year old came in to clinic in labor. It was a little trickier than usual because she had a prior [...]


