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Mission
Community Health Clinic in Dumay: Working with the community leaders in Dumay to set up a local medical clinic to serve a population of 10,000 and staffed entirely by Haitian’s.
Service
Temporary

Notes

2/3/10

To contact us by email:
healingartmissions @gmail.com

To contact us by mail:
Healing Art Missions
PO Box 645
Granville, OH 43023

To contact us by phone:
740-587-2472

EARTHQUAKE UPDATE:
February 3 Today was our final day with doctors Tracee & Leslie at the Dumay clinic. On our way to the clinic at 6:30 AM, we passed a group of about 100 people, mostly women and children, running down the street towards us waving branches of greenery and merrily singing a chant. It turned out to be the start of a protest against the mayor of Petionville that apparently became less merry an hour or two later with tire burnings, though we fortunately missed that part.

We started at the clinic meeting with Dr Gedeon regarding possible grant funding. That was followed by a long meeting with the Foundation Committee representing the community of Dumay where we finalized the non-medical staffing. Once again, Evelyne's skill in cultural translation proved invaluable in negotiating the vast differences in how business is conducted. The result was the we didn't fully start seeing patients until almost two hours late. Our three doctors, including Dr Jacques, ended up seeing over 160 patients, which made for a very long day.

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Note for Medical Volunteers
Unfortunately, HAM does not yet have sufficient housing available at the Dumay Clinic for visiting medical teams. Those medical professionals interested in volunteering in Haiti immediately may be interested in checking out this web site www.med.miami.edu/haiti- relief/