arrived her late last nite..after a treachorous 7 hour ride from santo domingo...we slept a couple of hours in sleeping bags..started learning about all the plastic surgery patients on the list here...still over 150 patients here housed in tents and we are going to also stay on site..
today we reviewed charts and started surgeries..had 7 scheduled surgeries as well as multiple debridements of open wounds and consultations on orthopedic patients..there are a large number of orthopedic trauma patients who still need bone fixation...we are going to do as many cases over next few days..the haitian people are so appreciative and the stories we hear about the earthquake are so sad..but they are resilient and trusting..
dr s lalla
Hi this is Gina, Wow what a trip so far. Everyone has been super nice and we have met people from all over the world who left their families and jobs to help out. There are many injured people here, also many injured children . My son's kindergarten class and erin's chilren's class decorated tee shirts so nwe can give them out to children here. The 27 hour trip we too here was totally worth it just to see the Hatian children's faces when we gave them the shirts. They loved them and sang us songs in appreciation. Erin and I went with a team to a hospital in Haiti to pick up supplies. there were about 500 people in a tented camp> Conditions were good and there was lots of help. Good nite- we will write tomorrow.
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