Haiti: doctors and pastors

januari 27th, 2010

One of the challenges in providing post-operative care for more than 100 patients a day is the lack of nurses. Many of the Haitian staff are not back to work, so our doctors have been taking on extra shifts to ensure this vital part of the healing process is covered.
Creating order out of chaos
In addition to saving lives, CURE has assisted the leadership at the Haitian Community Hospital in establishing and restoring basic management systems. Beyond direct care to patients, there are so many things to be done. Those include paying electricians to hook up the OR, developing patient records/registration, developing a supply closet, hiring security guards and supplying anesthesia medicine and surgical consumables.
The team has also shared information with other hospitals on how to set up and manage their operating rooms to lessen the enormous burden everyone is facing to get medical facilities back up and functioning.
Providing spiritual and emotional care for the victims
Samuel Reyes, the spiritual director from CURE’s hospital in the DR, and Haitian pastor Seguerre Vellevue are on the ground in Haiti tending to the spiritual and emotional needs of the patients and team members. Pastor Reyes and Pastor Vellevue hope to connect with other Haitian pastors and determine how to best provide this critical need.

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