Thursday, March 18, 2010 

April Medical Mission

The airline tickets have been purchased and the 20 person medical team from Forward in Health is prepared to travel to our home area of Les Cayes, Haiti. The medical team will travel from April 21-28, 2010. For the first time Forward in Health co-founders Paula and John Mulqueen will be traveling together along with their 13 year old son Conor. The team consists of eight doctors (largest number of docs to ever travel with FIH at one time), five nurses, one wound care specialist, one paramedic, and five lay personnel.
Plans are underway to have full use of the operating room at the public hospital in Les Cayes. Among the group of medical staff are an anesthesiologist, orthopedic surgeon, OB/Gyn physician, and surgical nurse.
The rest of the group will be conducting medical clinics in the area including on our land in Fondfrede.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 

Flooding in Les Cayes
















The natural disasters continued in Haiti as the Les Cayes area of Haiti was battered by rain causing flooding. Reports were that the prison in Les Cayes had flooded and prisoners needed to be evacuated. The nursing home that Forward in Health services was damaged by water. The residents were moved to a chapel.
Les Cayes has been stressed by a large influx of refugees displaced by the earthquake. The medical system is severely stressed and there are food and water shortages. Infectious diseases, including Shigella and typhoid, are spreading. Forward in Health is in contact with the minister of health in Les Cayes and hoping to send a medical team to the area at the end of April.

 

Maverick Street Band Concert

Thanks once again to the talents of The Maverick Street Band for performing a benefit concert Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Stratos G. Dukakis Performing Arts Center, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School. The concert was hosted by the Rotary Club of Fitchburg and its District 7910 area (54 clubs).

The concert was organized by The Maverick Street Band founder Dennis Banville. This is The Maverick Street Band's third benefit concert for Haiti.