St. Elizabeth Health Center (supported by MSPP)

4/9/12: Posted to HEAS by Fr. Joseph Francis Duvillage
The health center of Saint Elizabeth Caracol is located in the parish St Elizabeth community. She works from 8 am to 2 pm AM PM Monday through Friday. On Saturdays she works jsuqu'au noon. In addition, Monday to Saturday, there is the emergency service any time of night.

The health center has a doctor has a full-time and part-time mededin. We have two full time nurses. a laboratory, a housewife, a clerk at the pharmacy.

We very often the mobile clinic and informieres make home visits. Because the elderly are unable to move, we are forced to join them in their home.
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1/6/11: Posted on HEAS by Fr. Joseph Francis Duvillage
I wish to inform you that for over a month, the health center
St. Elizabeth of Caracol has no doctor. Other cases of cholera,
there are other pathology. Please help us to have a doctor and a
lab. We only have one nurse for a population of 16
000. To make an analysis, patients are forced to go
Cape Haitien and Milot or Jacquesyl. Health Centre St.
Elizabeth is ready to give his participation.
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12/17/10: CHHN Update
CHHN delivered chlorox and aquabtabs 12/15/10
CHHN delivered ORS supplies 12/17/10
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12/12/10 Email from Fr. DuVillage
At Caracol, there is the St. Elizabeth Health Center and the clinic
led by the Haitian State. In the clinic, there a Cuban doctor and
Cuban nurse. We take care of people suffering from
cholera in the clinic.
Before we send to northern-hole, now they heal over
place at the clinic.
There is no death, they are given serum Oral and that.
But we lack soaps, chlorine and others.

People use water from wells that unfortunately is not treated.
We would like to make it portable water that people use.

At St. Elizabeth Health Center, there is a nurse and other staff.

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12/12/10 Email from Fr. DuVillage
So far I have received nothing. ...I do not financial means to hire another doctor and other nurses. The doctor had left as planned on November 30
last. For now, the clinic needs a doctor and a nurse to improve the health of the population. I await your help in this sense ....

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12/6/20 Update from Hannah CHHN
On Dec. 2, reported went through supplies given by MSPP.

11/29/10 Email from Fr. Joseph Francis Duvillage

Caracol is a small city of 15,000 inhabitants, situated north-east of Haiti, about 300 km from Port-au-Prince, the capital). Caracol commune covers an area of 76.7 km2. It is bounded to the north by the Atlantic Ocean to the east by Terrier Rouge, Lemonade South and West by Trou du Nord. Caracol displays extreme poverty as is the case in most remote, rural and marginalized of the country.

There is a hospital-Trou-du-Nord, MSPP has set up a tent to receive people with the cholera epidemic, unfortunately, Caracol we found 4 cases in a week of cholera. We would have resources needed to care for sufferers. We continue to do outreach in schools and churches.

11/28/10 Email from Fr. Joseph Francis Duvillage
Started seeing cholera patients at the beginning of Nov. but they can not afford to keep them so they send them on to Trou du Nord. Had 1 death (a 4year old)Was able to stabalize one patient.

The Health Center has one physician and a social service nursing services. The social service ends Nov. 30, 2010. Clinic treats 15-20 non cholera patients a day.

Would like to get food for pregnant women and malnourished children.

Priority list of needs:
Large tent to care for cholera
chlorine
Soap
Hand Sanitizer
face masks
gloves
Medicines for children

NOTE: Caracol is an area at risk, people do not practice standard hygiene, they defecate on the sea's population. Caracol needs assistance at all levels!!!
The doctor and nurse will leave on the 30th of Nov., we do not know what to do to replace them.

The St. Elizabeth Health Center Caracol serves a town with over 16,000 inhabitants.

The Health Center is looking for a permanent resident Doctor.