photo courtesty of Partners in Health By Jennifer Browning Hurricanes Faye, Gustav and Hanna have ravaged many of the areas Project Medishare serves in Haiti’s Central Plateau. Project Medishare and its staff have been personally affected by these storms and after spending the past days providing for...
Read MoreOne of Project Medishare's founders, Dr. Arthur Fournier responded to the ABC Nightline special about sex trade in Haiti on The Huffington Post. Dr. Fournier speaks about the issues of this modern form of slavery. Project Medishare and The Global Institute at the University of...
Read MoreScrubbing into observe a prostate surgery, medical student Anya Li joins the surgeons with sunglasses. On the last day of surgery, the team ran out of the surgical masks with face shields so students wore sunglasses to keep their eyes protected. The surgical team completed...
Read MoreNicholas George, 46, traveled to Hinche in hopes for a surgery that would remove his elephatiasis. George who has lived with his condition for 17 years was referred by Zanmi Lasante hospital in Cange. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning As he walked into the hospital...
Read MoreWorking late night in Hinche, Dr. Jana MacLeod along with Dr. Viraj Master work to remove a patient's prostate, while medical students Josh Ziperstein and Rachel Webman observe. It took a combination of local support from the Hinche hospital staff, monetary and equipment donations to...
Read MoreMathe Alie Bayard reaches for the sterile gauze as she assists the team with redressing a patient after surgery. Bayard recently finished nursing school in Port-au-Prince where she will officially graduate on Sunday. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning Before Mathe Alie Bayard donning her cap...
Read MoreEmergency room Dr. Rick Spurlock and Emory medical student Anya Li prepare a patient for surgery. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning Hinche, HAITI--Although we are in Haiti's central plateau far from most of the comforts we are familiar with in the U.S. We still have...
Read MoreValcourt Napoleon, 42, waits patiently the end of his bed in a ward in the Hinche Hospital. Emory doctors found Napoleon suffered from an enlarged prostate as well as a hernia. Photo by Jennifer Browning....
Read MoreSince the bladder retractor the Emory team planned to use was in a piece of lost luggage, Drs. Viraj Master and Jana MacLeod asked two medical students to scrub into the prostatectomy surgery. Emory medical students Adam Carlisle and Rachel Webman helped pull the bladder...
Read MoreIn the pre-operative ward, third year Emory Medical student, Rachel Webman listens to a patients heart beat. A round of clinic is done before surgeries so the surgeons can determine who are the best candidates for surgery. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning Hinche, HAITI—Stormy weather...
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