The cholera problem has spawned a lot of interest in finding a solution as to how to provide clean water to the Haitians. It will take years to build the proper infrastructure needed to provide bacteria free water through a central system. Therefore, the emphasis is to provide individual self contained systems that will keep the cost of treatment low. Most of the ones being developed and installed use sodium chloride instead of chlorine.
Two cases in yesterday and today’s clinics were the hardest on everyone. One was a 40 year old mother of three with terminal breast cancer. All that could be done was to give her a supply of the strongest pain pills that we had and tell her to get her affairs in order which meant arranging for someone to care for her children. There are no hospices in Haiti that we know of.
(pictured is Dr. Don aiding patients in clinic)
(pictured is Dr. Don aiding patients in clinic)
In the second case, a six year old female had been raped in the Tent City next to where we are staying. There are no pills for this.
-Jerry Shelly
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