Medical Help for the Haitian People

Part of the deal for coming to Haiti was to help Dr. Don's team

administer medical help while in Port-au-Prince. Since I don't like

the sight of blood and have absolutely no medical skills, I have been

assigned to dispense medications as they are being prescribed.

Our first clinic was held today in a small church on the outskirts of

town. The church holds about one hundred people and it was packed. We

started at 11:00am and worked non-stop until 4:00pm. Dr. Don and

Nurse Lynn consulted and prescribed. Dr. Don's wife, Joyce, and I

filled the prescriptions.

The medicines were purchased by the medical team with some help with donations. Some of the medical supplies were contributed by D.L.I's friends at PharmPac and 

American Family Health Care. They were brought over on the flight with the medical team. 

Haeberle, a local Haitian who also works for the U.N., helped

translate the proper doses of the prescribed medications to each

patient. The smiles of the children and the gratitude of the parents

and the church pastor were pretty special.

-Jerry Shelly