Words from Gretchen

Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment on the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day. But, swing the door wide open and pray to your

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Clinic Review – Oct 2018

Total number of consults in Oct 2018: 1915 Number of new patients: 660 Number of return patients: 1255 Number of adults (15+y): 1092 Number of children (0-14y): 823 Number of births: 33 Prenatal consultations: 249 Anemia: 58 Asthma: 7 Cough and cold: 154 GERD: 75 Seizures: 9 Diabetic: 46 Hypertension:

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Degaje

We have several dozen patients with asthma who receive care at the Centre Sante de la Grace du Bon Samaritain. All of these patients administer medications to treat their asthma using an inhaler. Inhalers must be used correctly in order to administer the medication. Improper use of an inhaler will

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New Admits to the Rescue Center

DAVE Dave was admitted at 15 pounds and was severely malnourished also with kwashiorkor.  He has been sick on and off for several months with fever, diarrhea, cold and vomiting. He followed in the clinic for a few months and then he abandoned treatment.  He then become worse and developed

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Emergency Services in Haiti

L is a 29 year old woman who came to clinic in Cazale for the first time last week. She was extremely weak, her father in law half carried her into the exam room. She was emaciated, so thin it seemed her legs would break if she tried to stand.

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