Headed Back To Haiti

Team Sinai is readying themselves for a return engagement at Hopital Adventiste.  Official Team Sinai blogger, Merrill Chaus writes:

"From the moment we left after our weeklong mission last June, we couldn’t wait to go back. We had an amazing, life altering experience, and were able to help over 50 indigent patients who needed orthopedic surgery. Many were originally injured in the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and some were more recent trauma victims, and many were children with birth defects. We had arranged to return to Adventiste Hopital over the Christmas break, 2010, but our plans were thwarted by political and civil instability surrounding the December elections. Things in Port-au-Prince got pretty hairy, prompting American Airlines to temporarily suspend flights. Moreover, the organization hosting us, Adventist Health International, decided to temporarily evacuate their expatriate staff at Adventiste to the Dominican Republic. By the time the smoke settled, we had lost our travel window. Over the next few months, we planned, calculated, and regrouped, and finally were able to reschedule our mission to this June 2011. Most of the original 18-team members from last year were not able to make the new date, but we have successfully recruited replacements."

Led by internationally renowned pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, John Herzenberg, MD, Team Sinai is enthusiastic, motivated, and highly competent.  Both Drs Scott Nelson and Terry Dietrich hold this group in high regard and have greatly appreciated their contribution to date.  Follow their progress on the Team Sinai blog.