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A country smaller than the state of Maryland
Over 200,000 Haitians Died
Over 400,000 estimated amputees
Perfect StormTIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE
3 Strikes, you’re out
- Earthquake - Hurricane Tomas - Cholera Epidemic
Team Members
UVM PAUVM OR Nurses
UVM ResidentsMrs. ShackfordMedical Students
Dr. Cataldo – Colorectal Surgeon (UVM)Dr. Shackford – Trauma/Vasc. Surgeon (UCSD)
Main Street of Town
Bungalow where we stayed
Where Peds MD stayed
Entrance to Hospital
Tents originally used for earthquake victimsNow “Cholera Quarantine Area”
Inside of Tents (Before Cholera Epidemic)
Cholera
CasesDay 1 2Day 2 30Day 3 60Day 4 80
Inside OR #1
ICU
Recovery
Peds Floor
Waiting for clinic
General Med Floor
Surgery done by Fred Rogers
6 hernias12 hydrocelectomies 2 amputations 2 mastectomy 1 laparotomy (Typhus)
Typhoid Perf. Of Small Bowel
Guardian Angels
The people were beautiful
....and interesting
The children were extremely well groomed
No running waterNo electricityNo sewage
Highly competent, skilled team with lots of Haiti experience
Haiti needs our thoughts and prayers.
Cab driver: “Now only God can help Haiti”
‘Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger needing clothes or sick in prison, and did not help you?’
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for the least one of these, you did not do for me.’
Matthew 25:15
