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Eyewitness Haiti—Part II

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March/April 2010 ISSN1059-6518  Volume 23 Number 2

Eyewitness Haiti—Part II

In our last issue, Dr. Frank Hubbell shared his own experience working in Haiti to provide care and treatment for  the survivors of that country’s devastating earthquake. Continuing the trend, we received the following letter from Jonathan Eisenberg summarizing his own experience volunteering as a relief worker in Haiti. Jon went to Haiti with Rowan Lewis, as a member of SOLO’s first International Relief Team to Haiti. They went to work with Housing Works clinics in Haiti and were able to lend a hand at the Miami Field Hospital during their “down” time.   We share it here just as he sent it to us. Each and every experience SOLO providers have had in Haiti has been unique and rewarding.  SOLO is dedicated to continuing to provide assistance to the people of that island.  We are thankful to all of our volunteers who have made the trip at their own expense and given so much of their time and expertise to help.  This willingness to serve is what makes SOLO instructors and students so very special.

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Eyewitness Haiti

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January/February 2010  ISBN-1059-6518  Volume 23 Number 1

Haiti

Port au-Prince, Haiti

Frank Hubbell D.O.

Travel Log: February 13-20, 2010

 

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On Tuesday January 12, 2010, at 4:53pm a 7.0 earthquake struck the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The epicenter was located in the town of Leogane, 16miles west of Port-au-Prince. The earthquake essentially leveled Port-au-Prince (PaP) and surrounding areas, killing at least 270,000 people, and leaving approximately 3 million survivors to live on the streets and try to eke out an existence amid the piles of debris.  Three of us from Saco River Medical Group, representing several NGO’s, decided to go to PaP on a fact-finding mission and help in whatever way we could, which may mean providing assistance in non-medical areas.  Our primary contact is a Haitian physician named Jude whose clinic has been destroyed.  Saco Docs has strong ties with Jude, and we hope that the medical supplies and survival gear we are carrying will help Jude and his family get back on their feet.   As these are journal entries, often written at the end of long, hard days, by the light of a head lamp, they may not be as grammatically correct as regular articles.   Our trip is just one of thousands with similar stories.

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