surgery
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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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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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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.