Our trip to Haiti officially started about 4 am on Friday August 20th pharmacist Bob Littleton and nurse Patricia Oetting met me at my Vero Beach office. This was Bob’s first trip to Haiti with Haiti Clinic, although he had directed two previous missions to Haiti with his church youth group. This was the 13th trip to Haiti for Patricia, an established Haiti Clinic veteran. It was also a reunion of sorts for the two of us since we had worked together at the specialized AIDS medical unit at Indian River Medical Center 15 years earlier. Our team efficiently loaded the bags of medical supplies into our van and headed to the Miami airport. On the way we stopped in Port St. Lucie to pick up Maggie Remy, our newest Haiti Clinic board member.  Maggie is a Haitian-American nurse and has been on trips back to Haiti many times since her arrival in the United States at age 14.

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Monday August 9, 2010
9:30pm
The PIT NYC
154 W. 29th St., Second Floor

Amphibian Stunt Tank is a fully improvised performance featuring one actor, Matt Higgins (Centralia, Burn Manhattan, Shock of the Funny) coached by Matt Mitler (Dzieci), and one
musician, Stuart Bogie (FELA! Antibalas, Superhuman Happiness, TV On The Radio,
and many more).

Participate in GrowNYC’s interactive recycling demo before the show, then watch as
everyday NYC discards and audience proposals inspire a spontaneous
comic trip.

“A local doctor saw no signs of rebuilding during a weekend medical mission trip to Haiti’s most impoverished area, Cite Soleil, a sprawling community of 200,000 on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.”

Read the full article here.

This past weekend a team of 5 physicians, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 2 Nurses, and 4 support staff treated roughly 875 patients.  Several of our Board members were able to network with workers from 3 other local clinics and we’re hopeful that lasting connections will be made.  Thanks to the help of another non-profit organization, LAMP for Haiti, we are making great strides to completing the necessary paperwork to be recognized by Haiti’s Ministry of Health.  To view photos of this recent trip, click here.

During this clinic we treated approximately 650-700 patients during Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday.  Clinic statistics are tallied and reflect our usual maladies; vaginal infections, worms, various pain, dermatology issues, dehydration and fever.

Our clinic consisted of one pediatrician; Dr. Kevin, two podiatrists; Cathy and Nick, one nurse practitioner; Rosaire, one OB/GYN Doctor; Shelley, a nurse; Patricia,  a paramedic; Gayl, a medical assistant; Annie, and three non-clinicians; Kim, Charlie and Antoine, who worked pharmacy or translated. This was a very diverse group with a wide range of talents.

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