In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, Miami-Dade County is taking the next step in continuing local relief efforts. All Miami-Dade County police and fire stations, as well as libraries, will serve as drop off sites for the collection of much needed supplies to...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1115" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Members from the Haitian American Nurses Association were briefed about the situation on the ground in Port-au-Prince shortly after their arrival this evening. HANA sent 30 volunteer nurses to work with Project Medishare/UM Global Institute. "][/caption] By Jennifer Browning As part of an...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning A strong aftershock reported at a magnitude of 6.0 struck Haiti today 35 miles outside Port-au-Prince as aid is scheduled to come in today. Offering a state-of-the-art hospital, the USNS Comfort is to arrive midmorning. U.S. helicopters will ferry patients aboard, bringing relief to...
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Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Among the first foreign doctors into Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake, Dr. Barth Green, Project Medishare Co-founder, is now helping coordinate international medical relief, and will oversee a new field hospital rising on vacant land in the northwest corner of Port-au-Prince's international airport. The...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1104" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A child is carried into the makeshift hospital at United Nations Headquarters at the Port-au-Prince airport where Project Medishare/UM Global Institute doctors are working. (Footage clip from NBCMiami)."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning Saturday, we told you about Dr. Barth Green and Alonzo Mourning sending...
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Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Project Medishare/UM Global Institute was the first medical trauma team on the ground arriving Wednesday afternoon. Currently, the team has been working at UN Headquarters set up at the Port-au-Prince airport. Here, at a makeshift hospital, the organizations' medical trauma teams have been...
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Read MoreThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a Family Links Website aimed at enabling persons in Haiti and abroad to register the names of relatives with whom they are striving to restore contact. It will progressively incorporate information offering responses to those...
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