New Admits

Jowonder came to the clinic after having a motorcycle accident. His wound had been stitched up at another hospital and was very infected. He also had a high fever. He stayed for several weeks to be able to have daily dressing changes and medications for infection. He is a little

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Clinic Review – October 2019

Total amount of patients seen – 1991Average seen per day – 105 Number of emergencies – 26Patients sutured – 13Dressing changes done – 546 Number of patients tested for HIV (we were low on tests all month) – 70Number that tested positive – 6 Anemia – 102Asthma – 6Burns –

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Narcissism Needles In

The dictionary definition of narcissism is “a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.” I wouldn’t necessarily say that my picture would be there next to definition if you were thumbing through Webster’s, but these first four years back in Haiti have been a steep learning

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Wilderson

Anyone who has visited us in Cazale during the past 14 months had the privilege of meeting Wilderson. A spunky toddler with a delightful smile. Wilderson was admitted to our inpatient malnutrition center in September of last year with severe acute malnutrition, edema presumably secondary to kwashiorkor and a severe

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