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A country smaller than the state of Maryland Over 200,000 Haitians Died

A country smaller than the state of Maryland Over 200,000 Haitians Died. Over 400,000 estimated amputees. Perfect Storm. TIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE 3 Strikes, you’re out - Earthquake - Hurricane Tomas - Cholera Epidemic. Team Members. UVM PA UVM OR Nurses.

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A country smaller than the state of Maryland Over 200,000 Haitians Died

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  1. A country smaller than the state of MarylandOver 200,000 Haitians Died Over 400,000 estimated amputees

  2. Perfect Storm TIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE 3 Strikes, you’re out - Earthquake - Hurricane Tomas - Cholera Epidemic

  3. Team Members

  4. UVM PAUVM OR Nurses

  5. UVM ResidentsMrs. ShackfordMedical Students

  6. Dr. Cataldo – Colorectal Surgeon (UVM)Dr. Shackford – Trauma/Vasc. Surgeon (UCSD)

  7. Main Street of Town

  8. Bungalow where we stayed

  9. Where Peds MD stayed

  10. Entrance to Hospital

  11. Tents originally used for earthquake victims Now “Cholera Quarantine Area”

  12. Inside of Tents (Before Cholera Epidemic)

  13. Cholera Cases Day 1 2 Day 2 30 Day 3 60 Day 4 80

  14. Inside OR #1

  15. ICU

  16. Recovery

  17. Peds Floor

  18. Waiting for clinic

  19. General Med Floor

  20. Surgery done by Fred Rogers 6 hernias 12 hydrocelectomies 2 amputations 2 mastectomy 1 laparotomy (Typhus)

  21. Typhoid Perf. Of Small Bowel

  22. Guardian Angels

  23. The people were beautiful

  24. ....and interesting

  25. The children were extremely well groomed

  26. No running water No electricity No sewage

  27. Highly competent, skilled team with lots of Haiti experience

  28. Haiti needs our thoughts and prayers. Cab driver: “Now only God can help Haiti”

  29. ‘Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger needing clothes or sick in prison, and did not help you?’ ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for the least one of these, you did not do for me.’ Matthew 25:15

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