Archive for July 2009
You Don’t Know Who Your Friends Are Until You Need Them
This past Thursday we went up to our clinic in Gatineau as usual, not knowing that a routine 8-10 hour work day was going to turn into a rugged 24 hour shift! We saw over 40 patients during the day, and at 4:30pm had the truck all packed up to start our drive home, feeling…
Read MorePublic Health Corner Summer 2009
Our overarching goal at Friends for Health in Haiti is to improve the health and change the lives and hearts of the people of Haiti. We desire to do this by providing integrated health care to patients of all ages, in a nurturing, Christian environment. We feel that it is important to maintain dignity while…
Read MoreSmall Miracles
One of the most gratifying aspects of our work here in Haiti is when we see positive results of our medical treatment. Each patient presents a challenge to the physician, both in terms of diagnosing their illness and in deciding the proper treatment for that illness or condition. Obviously, the more experience and knowledge a…
Read More