Report from Ron:
We have already seen some miracles on this trip. This morning we were invited by the owner of Club Indigo Hotel here to train some of his key employees (he has 200 employees in all) in Basic Life Support (CPR and treatment of choking, heart attack and stroke) on Wednesday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. He has guests from all over the world, and none of his employees have been trained in BLS.
Sunday, Oct 3, as we finished lunch, a young 22 yr old woman was carried to us. She had just slashed her throat with a broken glass bottle. While several people held her down, I sutured her neck. At the same time, Dr. Don Fletcher treated one of the orphan boys having a bad allergic reaction to some fish he had eaten.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Village Health Training in Haiti
Ron and a team of health professionals flew to Haiti last week. They are training 83 local people in Village Health. This includes basic life support, nutrition, massage and hydrotherapy and other essential wellness skills. While there they became aware of some urgent needs. One is for a young boy, Mision Augusta, who arrived at the orphanage on Sunday, Oct 3, 2010, after losing his mother and father. His aunt works as a caregiver at the orphanzage where the Village Health training is being conducted.
Mision was apparently struck in the left periorbital region with a thrown rock, about 3 months ago. He has had no access to any medical treatment until now. He has trouble seeing with his left eye, which is significantly lower than the right eye. His eye movements are restricted with only partial ability to look upward and inward with the left eye.
They believe this unfortunate boy needs corrective maxillo-facial plastic surgery to repair the orbit and free the trapped extra-ocular muscles, and if possible restore the facial appearance back to normal. This surgery would best be done in the States, in a major medical center. Funds are needed to make this available to him, for the surgery, medical costs and travel.
The necessary legal paperwork, including passport and visa, etc would be taken care of by someone in Haiti.
Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this project
Mision was apparently struck in the left periorbital region with a thrown rock, about 3 months ago. He has had no access to any medical treatment until now. He has trouble seeing with his left eye, which is significantly lower than the right eye. His eye movements are restricted with only partial ability to look upward and inward with the left eye.
They believe this unfortunate boy needs corrective maxillo-facial plastic surgery to repair the orbit and free the trapped extra-ocular muscles, and if possible restore the facial appearance back to normal. This surgery would best be done in the States, in a major medical center. Funds are needed to make this available to him, for the surgery, medical costs and travel.
The necessary legal paperwork, including passport and visa, etc would be taken care of by someone in Haiti.
Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this project
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