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Mobile clinic in IDP camps

3/2/2010

 
2-3 mars (please see the second paragraph for the English part of tonight's blog)

Il a fait très chaud et humide aujourd’hui. Le matin on a aidé à mettre en place la clinique mobile dans un camp de réfugiés (PDI) pas loin de la maison où nous restons (voir les nouvelles photos). La clinique se fait devant l’autobus, avec un auvent ou une bâche de plastique pour fournir un ombrage contre le soleil. Plus tôt (à 6 h) j’ai conduit un collègue haïtien à l’aéroport pour un vol à Cap Haïtien (il était de retour en fin de journée et je l’ai cherché à nouveau). Ensuite j’étais à une agence de l’OMS pour acheter d’autres médicaments – mais après 2 heures de tra-là-là (préparation très lente de la commande), on m’a informé que je ne pouvais payer avec comptant (USD), seulement un cheque institutionnel – donc les médicaments sont encore là. En route vers Pétionville pour une visite plus tard au Ministère de la santé publique, j’ai vu que notre ancienne maison (où nous vivions en 1977-79) avait été sérieusement atteinte par le séisme du 12 janvier. Un certain pincement de cœur… là il y avait de très bons souvenirs (Marc et Tim avaient 7 à 9 ans)!

Yesterday, I spent a lot of time with Esperandieu Pierre, our Haitian partner, and I learned a tonne of things – specially, vital local people and phone numbers, and he loaned me a Haitian cell phone so that I can get in touch with everyone in related disaster response teams and agencies. Speaking French opens so many more doors – the unilingual English-speakers are spoken to with respect, but you can practically feel the relief when whoever it is finds out they can converse with you in French. It changes the whole feeling of these encounters. So far I’m having trouble with my international cell phone. At any rate, I’ve yet to receive or send successfully text messages. However, Beth and I have been able to skype, and even got a webcam video contact for a few minutes tonight. Landlines here are few, and often don’t work. However, there must be millions of Haïti-based cell phones being used in the country. You see them everywhere. A lot of work today and yesterday was done with hundreds of patients with the mobile (the bus!) clinic in one of the IDP camps close to where we live. I’ve added several photos of this clinic.
Tim
3/5/2010 02:34:24 am

Thanks for keeping us all posted with regards to your work and experiences!


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