[caption id="attachment_1595" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Nurse anesthetist Tonya Via helps a patient get transferred to be airvacced to the United States. Via volunteered in the first few weeks after the January 12 earthquake. Photo courtesy of Tonya Via."][/caption] By Tonya Via After the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Now, just like Bernard Hopkins, you too can be a part of the team when you purchase your Project Medishare Haiti Earthquake Relief Team T-shirts. Earlier this month, Hopkins showed his SAVE HAITI pride during his fight with Roy Jones, Jr. at the...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1587" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="A mother waits outside a Project Medishare clinic in Casse located in the Central Plateau. In light of maternal mortality rates, Project Medishare is focusing on women and children's health through the Community Health Program. Photo by Jennifer Browning."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning In...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Project Medishare is working to sustain our long-term commitment to our relief efforts in Miami. In order to minimize costs, we are transitioning our flight schedule to once a week. Beginning May 1, all volunteer flights will arrive and leave from the Port-au-Prince airport...
Read MoreBy Jane Hays Boehm, RN Project Medishare was accepting my Registered Nurse skills and all I had to do is arrive at Miami Airport 4 a.m. on a Saturday. Three...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Last week, Project Medishare’s rehabilitation coordinator Dr. Robert Gailey and prosthetist Adam [caption id="" align="alignright" width="288" caption="Last week, amputee patients began getting fitted for prosthetic legs. Patients who have lost everything in life can now be given a chance to ...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1562" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="Medical volunteers work among a soggy field hospital in Port-au-Prince. As the rainy season approaches, Project Medishare is looking to move to a permanent facility. Photo by Jennifer Browning. (File photo taken March 20, 2010)"][/caption] By Jennifer Browning While the rainy season doesn't...
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huyt-hZ27CA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] In the video above, pediatrician Dr. Tanya Lam discusses how a prosthetic limb will help Michaelle live a normal life living in Port-au-Prince.By Jennifer Browning As she hops along the isle of the pediatric ward with her walker, fourteen-year-old Michaelle greets everyone with an ear-to-ear...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1550" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="The final piece of equipment arrived at the Akamil Production Facility in Thomonde. Project Medishare's construction team will soon begin to put all the equipment in place so we can start working towards a production date. Project Medishare is bringing in...
Read More[caption id="attachment_1547" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A teleconferencing system shows people in Miami's Little Haiti waiting to talk to their relatives at the field hospital in Port-au-Prince. The videoconference system was provided by Cisco Telepresence. Photo by Michael Trainer."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning All last week The Miami Dolphins, Sun...
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