Dr. Joe back in Haiti
Posted
in Dr. Joe Miller
at 09:07AM on 04/22/2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Joe and nine others are in Haiti for a week of medical work. He was asked by the doctors in Texas who are connected to the hospital in Pierre Payen, Haiti, if he would put together a "transition team" of medical people to go for a week in April. The Texas people had scheduled 11 weeks of trauma teams for this particular hospital and those 11 weeks ended April 1.
Joe called last evening via Skype on someone's computer and though he said he could hear me quite well, it was fuzzy on my end. He said they arrived in Port au Prince Sunday morning after spending Saturday night (midnight - 6 a.m.) in the Miami airport. They flew from Omaha Saturday, mid-afternoon, April 17. A pleasant surprise was that American Airlines waived ALL baggage fees for their 20 pieces of checked baggage which consisted of suitcases and rubbermaid bins filled with lots of medical supplies and well repair items. Bob Easton, of Water 4 Haiti, had brought the well supplies to our house last week. Thank you, American Airlines.
I could hear him clearly enough to learn that the group visited the Bon Samaritan Orphanage in Montrouis, met the children and went on to the hospital. They traveled in the box/ice truck that had been used as an ambulance following the earthquake as it transported patients in need of surgery from Port au Prince to Pierre Payen. He, and the two surgeons with him, met with the Haitian doctors to discuss communication and relational issues. Joe's very conscious that he and his group are visitors at the hospital and that they are working WITH the local doctors. The biggest potential problem appears to be a severe shortage of diesel all over Haiti. He's concerned there may not be enough to run the generators to allow them to use the operating room. He described the situation as both "political issues and fraud".
This transition team consists of people from all across Nebraska: Nurses - Merikay Gengenbach and Tracy Hale; Surgical Tech - Kim Jorgensen; Nurse Anesthetist - Stan Roethemeyer; Physical Therapists - Natalie Sass, Terry Nelson, Alice Johnson; General Surgeon - Dr. Tommy Lee; Orthopedist - Dr. Mike McCarty; and Joe, Family Physician.
Joe and nine others are in Haiti for a week of medical work. He was asked by the doctors in Texas who are connected to the hospital in Pierre Payen, Haiti, if he would put together a "transition team" of medical people to go for a week in April. The Texas people had scheduled 11 weeks of trauma teams for this particular hospital and those 11 weeks ended April 1.
Joe called last evening via Skype on someone's computer and though he said he could hear me quite well, it was fuzzy on my end. He said they arrived in Port au Prince Sunday morning after spending Saturday night (midnight - 6 a.m.) in the Miami airport. They flew from Omaha Saturday, mid-afternoon, April 17. A pleasant surprise was that American Airlines waived ALL baggage fees for their 20 pieces of checked baggage which consisted of suitcases and rubbermaid bins filled with lots of medical supplies and well repair items. Bob Easton, of Water 4 Haiti, had brought the well supplies to our house last week. Thank you, American Airlines.
I could hear him clearly enough to learn that the group visited the Bon Samaritan Orphanage in Montrouis, met the children and went on to the hospital. They traveled in the box/ice truck that had been used as an ambulance following the earthquake as it transported patients in need of surgery from Port au Prince to Pierre Payen. He, and the two surgeons with him, met with the Haitian doctors to discuss communication and relational issues. Joe's very conscious that he and his group are visitors at the hospital and that they are working WITH the local doctors. The biggest potential problem appears to be a severe shortage of diesel all over Haiti. He's concerned there may not be enough to run the generators to allow them to use the operating room. He described the situation as both "political issues and fraud".
This transition team consists of people from all across Nebraska: Nurses - Merikay Gengenbach and Tracy Hale; Surgical Tech - Kim Jorgensen; Nurse Anesthetist - Stan Roethemeyer; Physical Therapists - Natalie Sass, Terry Nelson, Alice Johnson; General Surgeon - Dr. Tommy Lee; Orthopedist - Dr. Mike McCarty; and Joe, Family Physician.
