Medical
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2016 February Surgical Trip – Karina
- February 29, 2016
- Category: Medicine
The medical community is masters of the heart. An exquisitely engineered organ. The predictability of its beat can confirm life or death. Its electrical conduction seen in a beautifully organized pattern that can be qualified, quantified and assessed. We study these hearts, find ways to keep them beating longer, and rely on them as a
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February 2016 Surgical Trip
- February 29, 2016
- Category: Medicine
Although it seems like it’s routine now for this group of amazing medical professionals led by our awesome Shirley Winkler–it is not routine. We are still daring to do surgical interventions in a remote area without any infrastructure imaginable–surgical procedures that are just part of day-to-day operations for our US neighbor 90 mins away on a plane ride. Talk about
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38 Surgeries This Week!
- February 27, 2015
- Category: Medicine
It’s day four of the 2015 surgical trip. And of course we started our second case at 9:19am, which is the same time we started our first case on the first day. So we’ve improved our efficiency a bit. The team is pumped and ready to have an amazing day today. A busy one, as
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First Day of Surgery
- February 25, 2015
- Category: Medicine
This morning as we were prepping for our first day of surgical procedures, I looked at one of our docs (Dr. Amanda Crow) and told her that I still can’t believe we’re doing this. Not that we’re here in Haiti, but the fact that we are here in Bainet for another surgical trip. I can’t
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Karina Bethje: Surgical Trip
- February 24, 2015
- Category: Medicine
Saturday morning, ten friends met at the airport in Miami to take a 90-minute flight to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Starbucks in hand, we touched down amid rows of cardboard-built shacks, filth infested aqueducts, Tap-Taps (the taxi service of choice among Haitians). Brightly painted buses whose goal is to pile as many
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Giving Birth in Zorangé
- August 19, 2013
- Category: Medicine, News
An entire community is waiting and watching… watching our progress in maternity care in a rural region of Haiti. Our founder, Jean Elade Eloi, writes to us from Haiti. He watched a community coming together, gathering and celebrating their newest addition! For the last 12 months I’ve been hearing stories about pregnant women coming to
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Surgical Trip: Day 4
- April 22, 2013
- Category: Medicine
Our surgical team has had an amazing week in Haiti! They all returned back to the United States safe and sound this past weekend. Here is the final “live from Haiti” update from our founder, Jean Elade Eloi, on their last surgery day. It’s about 3:00 p.m. and our last patient is being sutured up
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Surgical Trip: Day 3
- April 18, 2013
- Category: Medicine
A team of medical professionals have traveled to Haiti to assist in the first round of surgical procedures in Bainet. HFHF is in partnership with the Ministry of Health to achieve these amazing results. The first day and the second day were both a huge success! Below is the “Day 3” update from our founder.
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HFHF welcomes Dr. Gabriel to Team Haiti
- December 26, 2012
- Category: Medicine, News
Hope for Haiti Foundation is excited to have Dr. Gabriel as our first full-time doctor to staff our clinics! Staffing key positions like this would not be possible without your generous donations. Our founder, Jean Elade Eloi said, “He came up to Zorangé and could not contain his excitement. He spent two weeks helping our
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Gandou Clinic Inauguration
- October 13, 2012
- Category: Medicine, News
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, the Gandou Clinic (financed by Saba Foundation) was inaugurated. Our founder, Jean Elade Eloi, writes to us from Haiti after the day’s festivities. To see all the images from the celebration, visit the Facebook Album. It was an amazing day with many special guests; from the Ministry of Health, to
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