After the earthquake hit, C2C actually decided to sent the prototype itself to Grace Children's Hospital, with plans to send two more of these to Haiti later. Glad to see that my old home town, San Francisco, named after that great channel of healing love, St Francis of Assisi, could lend several of its businesses to this suddenly East Coast-West Coast humanitarian enterprise.
Clearly you can begin to see the L-shaped clinic design in the above photos, but now let's take a closer look:
Above we see Georgianne to the right taking notes as Handy, on the left, answers questions while Andre, back toward us, listens on. The 20-foot container on the left with the large red cross is the OBGYN double examination room, while the container to the right is the lab and pharmacy. Since this is later in the day, the patients, who would be waiting on the blue benches beneath the awning, have already been seen.
Let's step inside each container now, starting with the one on the left:
In the next room is the small but well-equipped lab:
Stepping outside, we move on to the examination container:
We are now inside the large exam room; behind me is a smaller, more private exam room that I didn't happen to get a photo of:
This is the OBY/GN specialist, Dr. Yvon Justin, graduate of the State University of Haiti. He and Handy explained to us how they had been initially seeing 35 or so patients a day, but now they are beginning to treat 40 to 45 patients a day.
Handy, now standing, and the doctor also explain that in an emergency, they are actually equipped to deliver a baby.
A closeup of Dr. Justin:(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
