The following excerpt was originally posted on the David In Haiti blog and documents the inevitable passage of time:
Today marked the end of an era: Dr. Scott Nelson has left the hospital. For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Nelson is an orthopedic surgeon who has been working in the Dominican Republic for the last five years. He came over to Haiti on January 14 and has been here (with a few breaks) ever since. His skills in the OR as well as his leadership will be greatly missed. Hospital administration put together a little ceremony for him. He and Lucia drove off to the DR at 6 this morning. He’ll spend some time there and will move back to SoCal. Bittersweet times, more bitter than sweet.
Late last night, Scott sent me the following email:
Over the past several months we have built a strong ortho program at the Hopital Adventiste. It has become a referral center for all types of complex ortho and spine trauma and limb deformity cases. We have also developed a Ponseti clubfoot casting program that brings in about 25 children each week. With my departure we have a small crisis in relation to needing some ortho expertise. At the moment we have orthopods scheduled only until July 9. We need help if we want to keep this program going.
There is a potential longer-term solution in the works which hopefully we will be able to officially announce shortly. However, until November of this year, Hopital Adventiste is in need of continuing orthopaedic volunteer support to maintain clinical momentum. If you, or someone you know, is willing to help out, please contact Global Health Institute for further information.
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