Many team members arrived on Sunday and some left. Kathy-OT and Gail-MD left for home. Linneah-PT and her husband Egan-interpreter, were supposed to have left Sunday, but were delayed until Monday due to the Spirit Airlines strike. A nurse from Utah, Kristi, a group of Canadians, and a group from Switzerland were the Sunday arrivals. Kristi will be working with the clinic group. The group of Swiss personnel that came in Sunday consisted of a Physical Medicine Physician, a nurse, a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and researcher. Our Canadians are: AJ-Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist, Jana-support, Michael-Certified Prosthetits/Orthotist, Dan-Prosthetic Tech, and Lisa-support. AJ and Jana are co-founders of the International Foundation for the Physically Disabled (IFPD) that have come to work with Healing Hands for Haiti.
Sunday was a free day where several went to church and some went walking. It was very hot and humid and many people slept to try an catch up from the lack of sleep during the week. Linneah, Egan, Deb, Stacie, and Dan befriended a family on their walk who had adopted a 10 year old boy. Later on that evening they returned to the village of Bidaun with shoes with a few more people. At this time they met a man who had stepped on a broken bottle and severely lacerated his foot a few days earlier. The nurses and interpreter were able to explain to the man how to clean the wound and that they would plan on returning Monday to again clean and dress the wound. The laceration was severe enough to need debridement and closure. However, with no money for shoes, there was no money for surgery. We take so much for granted in America with heath care.
Sunday was a free day where several went to church and some went walking. It was very hot and humid and many people slept to try an catch up from the lack of sleep during the week. Linneah, Egan, Deb, Stacie, and Dan befriended a family on their walk who had adopted a 10 year old boy. Later on that evening they returned to the village of Bidaun with shoes with a few more people. At this time they met a man who had stepped on a broken bottle and severely lacerated his foot a few days earlier. The nurses and interpreter were able to explain to the man how to clean the wound and that they would plan on returning Monday to again clean and dress the wound. The laceration was severe enough to need debridement and closure. However, with no money for shoes, there was no money for surgery. We take so much for granted in America with heath care.
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