"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you
who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve" Albert Schweitzer

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Medical Team From Ukiah Goes To Haiti

The post below was written by Lynn Meadows, PA from Northern California.  Lynn is coleading a medical team with Laura Wedderburn, MD from Ukiah Valley Medical Center.  Their group consists of 35+ volunteers, including 7 doctors, going to Hopital Adventiste through the whole month of May.  You can monitor their progress on Lynn's traumaqueen blog.
We made it! The streets are full of activity, school children in their uniforms, bright red, green, and blue with hair ribbons to match. We were literally surrounded at the airport by 50 porters shouting and dragging our carts piled high with luggage. I was hanging on to my cart for dear life. All 10 of us made it to the hospital, Lin and Kathleen our OR nurses got dragged off to surgery the minute we got here for a hernia repair and hysterectomy. We set up our beds, rounded on the pediatric and OB units, now we are eating rehydrated food. There is frustration, sadness, dysfunction and filth here. As Charlie said, "We are not here to change the world but to spread compassion, patient by patient". This is not going to be easy. Please pray for us and the people of Haiti.

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