1/30/10 UPDATE: The AFH medical relief team continued to work throughout the day and night in Petit Guave. Since the city hospital has been deemed unsafe, we have assumed responsibility of all care for entire city.
Overnight, working with nurses from Samaritans Purse, Dr. Caleb served as the only general doctor for a city of 50,000. “We are on our 5th delivery of the night, one person showed up dying of a simple Asthma attack and there seems to be a never ending line of new trauma sustained during the earthquake” Dr. Caleb said this morning after receiving two full hours of sleep. “God has blessed us though, it seems that every time we turn around there is a new critical patient with a problem out of our scope. But, we seem to have just the right medicine at just the right time. You can tell God is doing a wonderful thing here.” Even when overwhelmed, God has provided a way. “When we found multiple children with open fractures, we did not know what to do. We have no orthopedic surgeon here” he said. A door soon opened though, “Out of the blue we received a call from an orthopedic surgery team from Iowa in the nearby city of Leogane and the help of Samaritans purse we were able to have multiple patients airlifted within hours out to the exact care they needed.”
In a town as large as this, with only one doctor, not everyone knows where to go for help. Answering this call has been the Haitian church.
Coordinating with the local church leaders in the city and surrounding region, a health network has emerged. Church leaders have taken time away from rebuilding their homes to search out the most critically injured taking them directly to the hospital for care. Whether its multiple organizations, or multiple nations, when the church comes together for a unified effort, its a powerful thing to see. For the next few months, there will be a critical need for more physicians, nurses and supplies to continue what has been started. Please pray with us that we find the right individuals to continue this work. Also please pray for this ministry as we meet with leaders from Samaritan’s Purse and the Wesleyan church, today, to ensure the people of this city are not once again forgotten and that ministry opportunities to the city continue.
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