One of the hospital ambulances.
International Medical Corps, a global, humanitarian medical NGO, has a very strong presence at HUEH, in fact their own building staffed both with Haitians and rotating teams of volunteer, largely American doctors and nurses who change over every two weeks or so. They not only treat patients, but train personnel to empower local healthcare givers.
This is one of IMC's volunteer doctors in the foreground. The IMC teams actually stay at the same hotel we were in, the Plaza, so we had actually talked to him the night before. A busy guy on the job.
Inside the IMC clinic
Back on campus, here is Emergency Room No. 3, yet another large tent, subject to the heat, noise and car fumes of the immediate environment, but at least functioning.
Meet rather suave, yet reserved Dr. Louis-Franck Telemaque, Chief of Surgery. He spoke at length to us about the problems and possibilities for his surgery department. Again, let me recommend Georgianne's first-mentioned article for details of the conversation.
In summation, HUEH is, like everyone and thing in Haiti it seems, a survivor, constrained by the limitations of the past, but struggling to meet the challenges of the future with focus, creativity and optimism.
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