By Jennifer Browning Casse, HAITI--Two-year-old Leo Yvenel was seen by Emory and Project Medishare's mobile clinic when they visited Casse three weeks ago. Leo was diagnosed with a retinoblastoma which is caused by a tumor which forms in the eye. His grandmother noticed the eye...
Read MoreMike Feilmeier, a second year resident at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, conducts an eye exam at the clinic in Casse, Haiti. Each patient began with a basic eye exam before proceeding to be tested for glaucoma and other eye diseases. Each patient left...
Read MoreBy Karena Wienands After another long day out in the field, the doctors, medical students and other affiliated health workers returned to the compound. Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Haiti, but the fabulous cooks had prepared two turkeys. Before the meal, everybody formed a circle around...
Read MoreBy Brian O. Gross (BOG) Technically, caregivers do a physical examination of the patient, crunch the data, and report the results. Science is often seen as a cold, open-and-shut, just-the-facts discipline, but it’s interesting how delivering the news at a Medishare mobile clinic affects the messenger....
Read MoreBy Gabriele Denis During Emory’s second day in clinic our first case in pediatrics was a two-year old male with right eye retinoblastoma/retro orbital mass. Based on research, it is a malignant tumor on the retina, the light-sensing part of the eye, and would be preventable...
Read MoreBy Maryam Hosseini Today is Tuesday, the third day of our trip to Haiti with Emory Medishare. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to join this incredible group of doctors, students, nurses, and social workers in Thomonde, Haiti. While yesterday was spent working...
Read MoreBy Rick Spurlock The mornings can be tough in Haiti, usually the fault of the preceding evenings festivities or the roosters that seem to start crowing as soon as you close your eyes. But this is not another day for an ER physician from Atlanta. ...
Read MoreBy Claude Bruny I was born and raised in Haiti but I’ve never experienced doing a clinic before. Upon arrival I felt like we were anticipated. We were greeted with what seemed like a thousand smiles. I was asked to help translate in the pediatrics...
Read MoreBy Nayla Khoury It felt like we were walking into summer again as we descended the steps of the airplane and onto the tarmac. “Hopefully, living in Atlanta, you are used to this heat,” Arabelle said to me. “Some people pass out, you know.” The five-hour car...
Read MoreRobendji Saurtilive clings to her mother as they wait for Robendji's time for surgery. In the recovery ward at Hopital Universitaire de la Paix, a sense of community has formed among the mothers.Photos by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning PORT-AU-PRINCE--While the fans keep the air from being...
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