Armed with 400 lbs of medical supplies from MedShare, an Atlanta medical team spent a week in Haiti performing close to 40 surgeries on earthquake victims. The team was led by plastic surgeon, Dr. Alan Larsen, and with him were an orthopedic surgeon and three nurses. At this stage in the relief...
Remember Roovens? Well, he’s become our little miracle. Since he was med-evacted from Haitian...
Roovens Monchil is an 11-yr-old boy that received crush injuries to his leg in the earthquake. He’s been in and out of the OR at Haitian Community Hospital, where MedShare has sent medical supplies. They’ve maintained his injury, but the staff knew that if he didn’t get to the USNS...
The day started early today, because Haiti received it’s feared most since the earthquake-rain. During the night in between sleep and wake, I thought I felt some rain drops. Then I was jolted out of bed by a Haitian frantically trying to move my mattress under the awning.
I awoke this morning early, because that’s what you do when you sleep outside. But my alarm clock was again those beautiful Haitian voices singing from the house behind us.
MedShare was helping Haiti before the earthquake, and we will continue to help Haiti in the years following this devastating earthquake. Some of the news cameras may be packing up and moving on, but the people of Haiti still need us. MedShare is committed to continue sending “Help for Haiti”.
When the news broke that a 7.0 earthquake had rocked Haiti, there was no question that MedShare would respond. Traditionally, we are not an emergency response organization, but over the past 10 years, we’ve shipped 37 containers of medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, and had established...
Finally saw some mass clean up work in Haiti...by the airport
Some great work at St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Port au Prince http://twitpic.com/17ydf3
A mother's strength is also a strong medication, but Haiti needs more. http://twitpic.com/17r35g
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