Last week Haiti experienced an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude, the worst in 2 centuries , leaving its people in total devastation. The global community immediately began relief efforts – sending rescue & medical teams by plane and sea. We are grateful to be able to assist in these medical efforts.
Headed by Dr. Jean Hogarth , an anesthesiologist with First Colonies Anesthesia based in Maryland, PCCHF is mobilizing a team of surgeons & nurses that will be leaving on Wednesday to Haiti.We are collaborating with Partners in Health, and Community Coalition for Haiti for logistical support.PIH is providing transportation from Miami to Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, and then to the hospital in need of surgical team. Details are unfolding, and changing by the hour.
The medical team consists of anesthesiologists Dr. Hogarth, Dr. Seymor & Dr. Johnson, orthopedics surgeon, Sue -PACU nurse, & Nurse Brigitte Smith. Brigitte Smith, RN, CNOR of the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in South Carolina, has received many pharmaceutical donations from the hospital prioritizing her supplies to limit to the surgical instruments and much needed supplies.
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