10/26/2010 10:09:29 AM
(PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26, 2010)-250 people have died and more than 3,100 people are suffering with Cholera in Haiti. Medical Teams International has sent an eight-person team who arrived Saturday and will send a second team to Haiti starting Wed., Oct. 27. The teams will respond to this cholera crisis.
Up to 30 volunteer medical professionals, organized by Medical Teams International's Haiti field office are living in tents on a beach near the cholera-infected area. Medical Teams International is working in four hospitals in order to provide quality care to people suffering from cholera.
Dr. Yodi Alakija, a cholera specialist for the U.S. teamed up with Medical Teams International to conduct a local radio broadcast for communities on how to prevent contracting and spreading cholera. Education prevention is very important as there is a growing fear that cholera will spread into the many displaced people camps in and around Port-au-Prince following the devastating earthquake.
Details about team leaving this week:
JON BIRD, MD
o departing on AA 1342 from St. Louis, MO on Oct 27 at 5:35 pm
o resident of Farmington, MO
o specialties: Emergency Services, Family Practice
LOU INGRISANO, Certified Physician's Assistant
o departing on US 3612 from Bangor, ME on Oct 27 at 3:19 pm
o resident of Mount Desert, ME
SUE PRULLAGE, RN
o departing on AA 1342 from St. Louis, MO on Oct 27 at 5:35 pm
o resident of Alton, IL
o specialty: Neonatal
COLIN O'REARDON, PARAMEDIC
o departing on AA 1702 on Oct 27 from Portland, OR at 12:10 pm
o resident of Portland, Ore.
JESSE HELLWEGE, PARAMEDIC
o departing on AA 1702 on Oct 27 from Portland, OR at 12:10 pm
o resident of Portland, Ore.
Author: Megan Streng