La Gonave Wesleyan Hospital - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Re: La Gonave Hospital Filled to Capacity
Saturday, November 13, 2010 6:01 PM
From: "Jim Wilson, MD"
To: "Haiti Epidemic Advisory System"

This is the ground truth from Wesleyan Hospital:

"They had two patients in total who they suspected for cholera. They
treated them with antibiotics and sent them home. Wesleyen has no
other patients at the hospital who are symptomatic
thus there is no 'situation'.

At this point, we are standing down our concern for La Gonave, which
is unfortunate because all it takes is one false alarm for an area to
potentially desensitize people to verify and then provide response
support.

Jim

11/12/10FROM Leslie Teltoe - Leslie @ citizenactionteam.org:

I am wondering if this is the same facility. Dr. Serrano are you speaking about the Wesleyan Hospital? WorldShares provided a much different picture. However, their post regarding the conditions described below disappeared when I checked again tonight.

Sounds like everything is under control there then.

Thanks for responding.

Leslie Teltoe
National Director - Citizen Action Team Relief Database
https://ccc.haghy.com/quick/start

--- On Fri, 11/12/10, James Wilson wrote:

From: James Wilson
Subject: Re: La Gonave Hospital Filled to Capacity
To: haiti-epidemic-advisory-system@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010, 5:14 PM

Thank you Estrella,

The central question we are interested in is the overall status of the hospital and whether it is overwhelmed with patients. Are you able to provide clarity on this?

Thanks,
Jim

On Nov 12, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Estrella Serrano wrote:

Thank you Jim,

I have inquired from our Regional Team who are currently La Gonave and
they have informed us that they had 4 cases of Diarrhea who were admitted
in the hospital yesterday. 2 have been discharged as improved and only 2
are currently in the hospital under medications.

World Vision has done the messaging on Cholera Prevention including
Proper hand washing. to ADP Areas and have conducted Training to all
Health Service Providers in La Gonave.. . We have also sent ORS and
Fluids as support to the Hospital. We will be sending some Aquatabs for
their water purification.

World Vision is coordinating with the Ministry of Health regarding World
Vision Plan of setting up Stabilization Center in La Gonave. We will
keep you updated.

Thanks

DR ESTRELLA V. SERRANO
Health and Nutrition Manager
Emergency Relief Response
World Vision Haiti

James Wilson
Sent by: haiti-epidemic-advisory-system sory-system@goo
To: Estrella Serrano

12 Nov 2010 01:33
Re: La Gonave Hospital Filled to Capacity

Thank you Dr. Guillaume. I have copied Estrella Serrano, our POC for WV.
Estrella is a member of the HEAS.

Estrella, are you able to comment on the situation in La Gonave and whether the hospital has enough personnel / materiel to respond?

Jim

On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Florence D. Guillaume wrote:

The hospital is supported by worldvision

Dr Florence Duperval Guillaume
Deputy Chief of Party - Technical Director
SDSH - "Pwojè Djanm" is a USAID-funded Project from the American People
e-mail: fguillaume @ mshhaiti.org
or fguillaume @ msh.org

-----Original Message-----
From: haiti-epidemic-advisory-system@googlegroups.com [
mailto:haiti-epidemic-advisory-system@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Wilson, MD
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:03 PM
To: Haiti Epidemic Advisory System
Subject: Re: La Gonave Hospital Filled to Capacity

Leslie,
Do we have any contact with the medical facility there so that we may
better understand the situation and need?
Jim

On Nov 12, 9:33 am, Leslie wrote:
WorldShare reports from Twitter:

Cholera now hits the island of La Gonave, Haiti. The only functioning
hospital on the island is filled to capacity. There is insuffiicient
medical staff to treat those affected. Newborn babies and their
mothers are dying. The Hurricane has destroyed some of the flimsy
homes built after the earthquake.

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Published: January 25, 2010

http://www.freechristianpress.com/relief/wesleyan-hospital-refuge-for-earthquake-victims/

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti /Christian News Wire/ — Caribe Atlantic Area director Dan Irvine reported by e-mail to The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters department of Global Partners, “Within minutes of the earthquake, the Wesleyan Hospital began to receive and treat injured individuals.” Operated by The Wesleyan Church, the tiny hospital on La Gonave with a staff of 60 medical personnel, missionaries and volunteers, has been on the 37-mile long island for over 50 years. With comparatively few resources, it has been a place of refuge for the citizens of Haiti, treating hundreds of patients, training Haitian medical personnel, offering HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and sharing the hope of the gospel message. But it was a special place of refuge on January 12. Anse-a-Galets, the adjoining city, was one of the lesser publicized towns but suffered major damage by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

SEE Website for full story

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