By Jennifer Browning Project Medishare began fitting amputee patients with prosthetics at the beginning of April. As part of Project Medishare’s Amputee Rehabilitation Program, volunteer Certified Prothestists Orthotists (CPO) not only go down to work each week with amputee patients at the Project Medishare field hospital,...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning On Easter Sunday, Georgia Jet Critical Care Medflight Flight Nurse, Jean Saden, assisted a flight crew in helping a young girl named Farah get medevaced to receive care in the United States. The flight crew were taken to the Project Medishare field hospital where...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning At the end of April, the University of Miami Piano Preparatory Program performed to raise money for earthquake relief efforts. The event featured young musicians from the preparatory program who performed jazz, pop and Latin music at Crazy Pianos, one of South Florida's...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1729" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A volunteer Certified Prothestist Orthotist (CPO) begins fitting an amputee patient. CPO's come to work in the Project Medishare hospital and fit an average of 10 patients each week. Photo by Laurene Leger. "][/caption] By Jennifer Browning With Project Medishare’s Amputee Rehabilitation...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning This weekend there are two great events Project Medishare supporters can choose to attend in order to help us continue our earthquake relief efforts. 5th Annual Celebrity Amputee Golf Classic, May 20-21 This two-day event begins Thursday, May 20th at the Shake-A-Leg Miami offices at...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Three weeks after the earthquake three sisters, Darline and Martine Pierre and Deneiz Joseph, had lost everything. [caption id="attachment_1708" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Darline and Martine sit outside their stepfather's house in Casse with their children Francis Emmanuel and Immacula. They fled to the Central Plateau...
Read MoreBy PJ Pitts Germain, one of the Haitian night nurses, is one of the hardest working people here. Two nights ago I was staffing overnight and noticed her limping. As the night wore on, her limp was getting worse, but she never complained....
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Headlines, long before the earthquake, told stories of Haiti's poverty, riots, and lack of healthcare, however many never knew about the talent and art within this tiny Caribbean nation. The January earthquake that destroyed the lives and homes of many, also damaged and destroyed...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Children’s Hospital Boston sent a group of 26 clinicians to volunteer at Project Medishare's field hospital in Haiti between April 10 to 18. THRIVE: Children's Hospital Boston's health and science blog features the refelctions of several volunteers who staffed Emergency...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning On Saturday, The Miami Dolphins organization, along with SunLife Financial and Shelter Box, presented 13 families at the Project Medishare hospital with [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Miami Dolphins player Bobby Harden shakes hands with Andre Hanelley (13) during a visit to a...
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