For the first time a neurosurgery team from
Texas is at Bernard Mevs/Project Medishare Hospital. The hydrocephalus program
is growing! Currently the St. Louis, Missouri and the University of Miami are
making 2 trips a year. Each trip means that around 25 children receive
hydrocephalus surgeries. The sad thing is that each time doctors are faced with
a large list of patients to choose from. The combined Canadian/American flag
hangs out front of the door where the hydrocephalus patients are. Maguy Rochelin
of Project Medishare, is the project co-ordinator for the hydrocephalus program.
She is shown standing in the 2nd photo. The woman holding a baby seated on the
lower bunk bed in that photo is a Dominican from the Dominican Republic. This
was a first for the program. Good news is spreading! Michela is a 14-month old
baby girl who had a shunt placed in the Dominican Republic. She came for an
evaluation from the team and was told that the shunt was functioning and that
nothing more could be done for her. We brought her to the Caribe bus station
early this morning. The other photos show the Haitian nursing staff who are
responsible for the nursing care of the patients while they are in hospital.
Each time there are surgeries is more experience for the nurses in treating
hydrocephalus patients. Yesterday there were 8 surgeries and today another 8
surgeries were done. Pray for the children who will be having surgeries and for
the medical staff who will be treating them.
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