(Community Matters) Yesterday with new friends touring Partners in Health facilities in the districts north of PaP, in the mountains and along the coast. Zanmi Lasante (Creole for Partners in Health aka PiH) is the difference between substandard, costly & scare medical care and higher quality, free to inexpensive WHO standard of care. I bet you can measure their contributions in Haiti by years of life expectancy.
As we were emerging from touring the St Marc’s hospital operating room area there was a lot of commotion in the court yard, lots of people around a taptap. Strange that a taptap allowed thru the gates into the courtyard. Dr Almazar explained it was probably an auto or motorcycle accident. Then we noticed the bloodied accident victim on the gurney. Relieved when we saw him wheeled to the emergency room.
On our way to the AIDS ward, the commotion started up again as they wheeled the gurney back out. It didn’t make sense until Dr Almazar explained the victim hadn’t made it. His body on the gurney, head covered with his bloody t-shirt, was a reminder of Haitians’ needs beyond the earthquake. Continue reading
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