Haiti
What a horrific series of events the people of Haiti have suffered. I wanted to quickly share with you what the International Medical Corps are doing about it:
Our emergency medical team is working at the De’l Universite d’etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We are establishing an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs. We have performed approximately 150 amputations and treated hundreds of people with fracture, wounds, and other trauma. We have 19 doctors and nurses working at the general hospital providing emergency medical care. Our team has brought in critically needed medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin. International Medical Corps’ sent a mobile medical team of 3 doctors and 1 nurse to Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake, on Monday. Leogane was destroyed by the earthquake. An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 are dead. The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. We are supporting small medical posts throughout the city and operating out of the make-shift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. Our teams are conducting assessments in the southwest of Port-au-Prince, part of Haiti that has received limited assistance so far, but was dramatically affected by the earthquake.
To help, visit their How You Can Help page and look at your options. Thanks, folks!
