The group of German doctors has returned to Germany and a new medical team from Indianapolis and Florida has arrived. With this team is a much-needed orthopedic surgeon and nurse anesthetist who speaks Creole. The few days between groups, our new German friends arranged for another German doctor to travel where she was stationed in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Mark Fulton’
Feb 01
Orthopedic Surgeons Report from Mission Center
The orthopedic doctors are working long hours and cannot keep up. There are many crush-type fractures, some that are untouched by medical hands since the earthquake over 2 weeks ago. Many people are being seen who were hit by falling debris or from walls collapsing on them. Others have secondary infections due to hurried surgeries. [...]
Jan 28
Good News From the Mission Center!
A helicopter landed on Wednesday in Saintard with the German medical team plus two from Canada (Chuck Kerr & Steve Omand). Dr. Mark Fulton and Randall Grey also arrived on Wednesday from Indiana. They were told that the helicopter would return on Thursday with food supplies from the Dominican Republic. The United Nations provided diesel [...]
Jan 27
Haiti Crisis Update 1/26/2010
Jamaican soldiers, including doctors, nurses, and military police, arrived at the Saintard Mission Center today (January 26.) They brought and distributed 500 packages of food and water to the Haitian people. However, Phyllis estimates that there were closer to 1,000 people waiting for assistance. She was thankful for the presence of the military police and [...]