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 –
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
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
Elicia is 39 years old and has been working at RHFH since 2010. She lived up in the mountains behind Cazale most of her life. She moved down to Cazale so that her children could go to school. The father of the kids left her and she found herself walking
Those are the first lines to a Derek Webb song, and they ring true. It is the first Wednesday in November, which means the US Presidential election is less that a year away. Political posts can be spicy and dicey, so please don’t misunderstand me. I’m not attempting to tell
Various laboratory tests are helpful and often necessary for the diagnosis and management of many diseases and infections. Real Hope for Haiti was blessed a couple of years ago with a lab. Slowly, we have expanded the equipment in the lab and tests that we are able to perform. Lab
