Monday, 01 February 2010 13:56

"Help us, my baby is sick..."

As Good Neighbors starts medical relief in an excluded region of Port-au-Prince where no other organizations helping, local Haitians with wounds and inappropriately treated gathered in hundreds.

Waiting under the sun with no place available for shade, a mother carrying a baby starts shedding tears as she receives her turn for medical treatment.  “Please help, my baby is sick…” she says hugging her 3 year-old baby drooping down in his mother’s arm.  Her face reflects many mothers' in Haiti, staying up whole nights fearing aftershocks, trembling with fears of diseases from bugs and viruses, worring about lack of food and water to provide to their children. 

Last January 25^th, the emergency team from the Haiti health department announced that they will now focus on medical treatments, disease prevention and public health, thus altering their original focus on first-aid treatment. With the severe lack of drinking water and poor hygienic conditions, people are in danger of being exposed to more diseases. New threats such as typhoid, tetanus and diarrhea are appearing on the scene. The Haiti government and the UN are planning a large-scale vaccination campaign. 

Good Neighbors USA is planning to deploy additional medical teams consisting of 3 doctors, 4 nurses and 1 pharmacist all on active duty in Los Angeles and to deploy on rotation as 10 teams. Haiti is in desperate need of medical doctors, nurses and medicines as well as hygiene items.   

Inquiries: Good Neighbors 877-499-9898 

Attached pictures:

Picture 1) mother with a sick child visiting the infirmary

Picture 2) Haitians waiting for treatments