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 StormTIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE

3 Strikes, you’re out

- Earthquake - Hurricane Tomas - Cholera Epidemic

Team Members

UVM PAUVM OR Nurses

UVM ResidentsMrs. ShackfordMedical Students

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

Main Street of Town

Bungalow where we stayed

Where Peds MD stayed

Entrance to Hospital

Tents originally used for earthquake victimsNow “Cholera Quarantine Area”

Inside of Tents (Before Cholera Epidemic)

Cholera

CasesDay 1 2Day 2 30Day 3 60Day 4 80

Inside OR #1

ICU

Recovery

Peds Floor

Waiting for clinic

General Med Floor

Surgery done by Fred Rogers

6 hernias12 hydrocelectomies 2 amputations 2 mastectomy 1 laparotomy (Typhus)

Typhoid Perf. Of Small Bowel

Guardian Angels

The people were beautiful

....and interesting

The children were extremely well groomed

No running waterNo electricityNo sewage

Highly competent, skilled team with lots of Haiti experience

Haiti needs our thoughts and prayers.

Cab driver: “Now only God can help Haiti”

‘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