Haiti- Day 7

Too tired to write last night, but what a great day yesterday was. We’re starting to see the fruits of our labor. 44 patients were found to have stabilized their wounds and are out of immediate danger of limb amputations as a result of their surgeries. We moved into a house that Vanity 4 Humanity rented for the influx of doctors that will be coming down over the next weeks to months. Even better,  the skin grafting machine has arrived and has already been used. This machine will drastically decrease OR times allowing us to do more surgeries. We put a system in place for all of the wards to organize our viewing of their patient’s wounds which also will save time.

Most frustrating is the lack of a coordinated approach to getting the necessary medical staff here in the right numbers, and this is why my office is beginning to book anesthesiologists and nurses, in addition to Plastic Surgeons.

We’re getting there, thank you for everything you are all doing, it’s working!

Goodnight from Haiti.