St. Philomena Rehydration Hospital (a project of Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs/St. Luke Program)

LTEL 11/13/10

NOTE: This hospital is NOT a 'CTC - Cholera Treatment Center'. It is nearby to the MSF CTC & designated to take overflow in their Tent Field Diarrhea Clinic.

It is listed in the Dbase as a 'CTC' strictly to keep it in the preset link for CTC's.

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12/11/10: Assessment from Fr. Rick Frechette
Began seeing patients Nov. 15, 2010
To date have treated 900 cholera patients / 10 fatalities since that date
Pts. last week: 25; 2 fatalities last week.
No. of patients have stabilized.
Does not have educational material however community is receiving info
STAFF: has rec'vd Cholera training 2 docs, 6 nurses, 8 aux. nurses
Isolation units have been established in Tabarre, Wharf Jeremy, Croix des bouquets and Ganthier
Pts are referred to MSF Tabarre
Pts have traveled from as far as the DR border
Road accessible
WATER SOURCE: water well/ purified with culligan filters
Needs: IV fluids, IV catheters, Serum oral
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October 31, 2010
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Father Rick Frechette, Director of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos/Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs (NPH/NPFS, Spanish and French for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”) Haiti

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"We have covered about two acres of land next to the St. Luke hospital with gravel, and we set up so far 4 of a total of 15 large tents, where we will receive cholera patients. We have set up a diarrhea clinic there, where our staff will evaluate anyone with diarrhea, without them needing to go into either the St. Damien or St. Luke compounds. After screening, if it is likely cholera, we will bring them nearby to Doctors without Borders Cholera site. When they have reached their capacity of 250 beds, we will begin receiving the patients in our tents. We have a capacity for about 300 people".

November 9, 2010
Fr. Rick in HaitiFather Rick Frechette, Director of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos/Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs (NPH/NPFS, Spanish and French for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”) Haiti

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"We were very fortunate that Dr. Jeff from Ohio came with IV catheters that you put directly into the bone. We flew a team to Port-de-Paix yesterday to teach the sisters and their staff how to use it. So many small children have cholera, and it is nearly impossible when they are so dehydrated to find a vein for IV".

Fr. Rick Frechette
National Director NPFS Haiti

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TO MAKE A DONATION FOR CHOLERA EFFORTS PLEASE GO TO:

http://www.friendsoftheorphans.org/s/769/inner.aspx?sid=769&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=2449&ecid=2449&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=719

Friends of the Orphans:

Our Response
Cholera treatment in Haiti is being provided by Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos/Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs (NPH/NPFS, Spanish and French for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”), which is supported by Friends of the Orphans. In addition, supplies are being delivered to various affected areas. NPH/NPFS is prepared to receive up to 400 patients at a tent site next to the St. Luke family hospital.

Support Needed
According to Fr. Rick Frechette, CP, D.O., who oversees all the NPH/NPFS programs in Haiti:

"What we need mostly are the IV catheters that go directly to the bone. The drills that put them in the bone are expensive. The catheters are $100 U.S. each. We sent what we had to the sisters in Port-au-Paix. We need about four more drills and 1,000 catheters for starters. We can buy these at a hospital in Ohio and get them here immediately. Even with the discounts we get, we still need about $90,000 total to buy these items."