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News Coverage:
"Bay Are Doctors Helping in Haiti"
(KCBS radio, San Francisco CA© 05/27/10)
Pediatric plastic surgeon Stephen Daane, MD, and critical care nurse David Laquidara, RN, are interviewed from the airport before they board their plane to Haiti.
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"Medical professionals from Children's Hospital head to Haiti" (PDF)
(Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA© 05/27/10)
The aftermath of the disaster in Haiti and the response by fourteen doctors and nurses from Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland was featured in the Oakland Tribune.
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"Children's Hospital Docs Head to Haiti" (PDF)
(The Bay Citizen, 05/27/2010)
Dr. Stephen Daane, a pediatric plastic surgeon at Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, will soon be spending his nights sleeping on the floor in an operating room under a mosquito net in Port-au-Prince.
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Haiti Still Needs Medical Help:
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland To Send Doctors, Nurses for 10 Day Medical Trip
May 26, 2010 - Oakland, CA
Haiti has dropped from the headlines, but the need for aid is as
strong as ever — and a group of Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland doctors and
nurses are responding with a 10-day trip to Port au Prince. A specialized pediatric surgery team
including a plastic surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurses and respiratory therapists armed with 35
boxes of donated medical supplies are set deploy on May 27 to aid the children of Haiti in need
of medical care.
Global Healing, a Bay Area-based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing modern medicine to the developing world, is funding the trip. Global Healing, Loma Linda University and Partners in Health will assist with travel and ground coordination.
When the earthquake hit in January, Haiti was flooded with humanitarian aid, but now almost six months later, the aid is dwindling but the need for medical supplies and services remain
extremely high.
According to Children’s Hospital Oakland pediatric intensivist and stateside team coordinator, Arup Roy-Burman, MD, “Now, months after the disaster, medical needs persist; however, these needs have evolved. Major acute general trauma and orthopedic injuries have been replaced by the aftermath of the initial injuries, including poorly healed and infected wounds. In addition, there has been a rise communicable diseases such as diphtheria.
“In recognition of this evolution in medical needs, along with the waning of medical support, Children's Hospital Oakland and Global Healing are joining together to provide medical assistance to those still in need in Haiti,” continued Dr. Roy-Burman, who is also chairman of the board for Global Healing.
In Port Au Prince, 10 of the 14 member Children’s medical volunteer team will work at
Adventist Hospital where the current patient population is almost 50 per cent children. The team
will offer both pediatric and adult support in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The rest of the
team will be stationed at the University Hospital of Haiti, where they will be assisting in both
basic pediatric and pediatric intensive care. Loma Linda University is coordinating the primary
team at Adventist and non-profit health care organization Partners in Health is coordinating the
University group on the ground in Haiti.
“Global Healing is happy to be working together with Loma Linda University and Partners in
Health, and Children’s Hospital Oakland to support Haitians during this on-going state of current
emergency,” said Cindy Basso Eaton, president of Global Healing. “With the onset of serious
disease and the critical need for medical support, I am confident that the team from Children’s
will help make a difference as the state of emergency in Haiti still exists.”
Children's medical team will be chronicling their time in the earthquake-ravaged country and you can follow their experiences at:
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