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These are two of three little girls whose mothers brought them some distance to be treated at the clinic. All three have cardiac problems and their mothers by-pass other healthcare facilities for the care and compassion of our staff. They probably need heart surgery, but this is not something that is obtainable in Haiti. So for now we are treating them with the drug Enalapril, which allows the heart to work more efficiently. Dr. JF is encouraged by their response to this medicine, and they are doing reasonably well.
Obtaining modern medicines like this is one of the challenges that the clinic continuously faces. At times our administrator spends hours going to various distributors to find the right meds for patients like this.
Typically, children are about one third of our patients. And typical of most of our children patients, these girls are wearing their very best clothes to come to the clinic.
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