The stress brought upon by the Cholera epidemic might make someone want to jump out of a plane. So that’s just what we’re going to do…. Dealing with the Cholera epidemic has been extremely demanding on RHFH. When Cholera first hit Haiti, RHFH staff knew that it would be another
In 24 hours we used 29 cases (12 per case) of IV fluids. This is what was left at 10am this morning. At about 1pm we finished unloading a HUGE load of IV fluids. This is now what the storage area looks like.
The cholera house has been up higher in numbers the last few nights. We stayed at around 80+ for several days and then went up to 101 and tonight we are at 108. We sent many people home to continue drinking ORS at their homes. This group of people were
THALIE She is 11 months old and weighs 12 pounds 6 ounces. She is very sick. Her mom become pregnant with another child and stopped breastfeeding her at about 5 months old. She has been getting worse since then. She was in a Peds hospital in Port and become sicker
Cholera patients and Rescue Center numbers are higher than ever before and its a day to day struggle to keep up with the needs of all their care entails. We so appreciate all the prayers that are being sent our way at RHFH for all the staff, patients and volunteers.
