HAITI UPDATE: Friday 15th
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After waiting for their flight to be given a slot to fly into Haiti, the team were able to fly from Miami and arrived in Haiti.
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They arrived safely at the hospital outside of the capital and began to assess the situation.
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It is a 100 bed hospital with 300 patients. So they began by getting some order to this situation.
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The Doctors have started to treat patients mostly with fractures, spinal injuries and infected wounds. Pray for them by name Leonardo, Mark, Paul, Steve, Eckehart. Pray too for Sheila Leech also from the UK she is a nurse and the team leader.
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The water filters Martin Harrison is going to work with have arrived but at a different airfield so they need to be located. But he has plenty to do helping the Doctors do their job and with communication.
Martin Harrison writes: We are all well. Now in situ at a Baptist Mission Hospital on the edge of Port Au Prince up on a mountain. There are many hundreds of patients flooding a small hospital with limited facilties. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. I am mucking in with whatever. I helped fix up a broken leg and generally running around to make sure all the medical team have what they need to do their job. Tomorrow (16th) I will be installing a water filtration unit at the hospital. They are running out of water. We will also plan to distribute water to others in the area. Also on the 16th we have two planes coming, a DC6 and a C130 Hercules. These are bringing many supplies - medical, blankets, hygiene packs, pure packs (basic water filter) and 20 large water filtration units, perhaps some vehicles too. I may be getting busy now! Please pray about security as we figure out how to distribute supplies and water in an increasingly desperate environment. All 6 medical team members are working their socks off in the hospital and especially in the operating room. Seeing many fractured limbs, infected wounds etc. Also delivering babies with complications which the hospital is not kitted out for. One has died sadly but mum was saved.
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