This past week Visitation Clinic was gifted with the a pediatric delegation organized by Sr. Karen Schneider, MD who is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Pediatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. It was a big group consisting of six residents, three RN students, a pediatric surgeon from California, another sister who has a PhD in nursing from New York. Some helped out at the clinic, some participated in mobile clinics, and the pediatric surgical team worked at a government hospital in nearby Miragoane.
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| Pediatric exams an a rural school in the Nippes Department of Haiti |
The week began somewhat leisurely as it coincided with Carnival - Haiti's exuberant celebration of the beginning of Lent. Still the mobile teams visited several nearby villages and screened children for a wide variety of diseases. Healthcare needs don't take vacations, though, and when the clinic opened on Thursday, an all time high of 156 patients were at our doors. Our staff was most grateful for the help from the states.
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