Miami medical school leads the way in assisting Haitians while training family medicine residents

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The University of Miami School of Medicine is taking an active role in providing medical services to Haiti and the commander of the US Army's 86th Combat Support Hospital in Port-au-Prince hopes other medical schools will do the same. The University, whose director of the Family Medicine Residency Program is a Haitian-American, has established a family medicine residency rotation at the University Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The University had already established a community clinic in Miami's Little Haiti section. A patient of one of the school's surgeons has volunteered to ship medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, which is in desperate need of both. Physicians hope to re-build the shattered health care system into a model of primary care practice. More important is to train Haitian health care professionals in the US so they can take those skills back to their communities.

Social policy, Family medicine, Study and teaching, University of Miami. School of Medicine

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Military physicians lend healing hands to Haiti

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In July, 1995, surgeons and other physicians from the US Army's 86th Combat Support Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti began assisting their Haitian colleagues at the local University Hospital. There is little money to care for the poor who come to the hospital. Many patients are cared for by family members who stay at the hospital round the clock. The army provided $184,000 worth of medical supplies and promised $100,000 more. They inspected hotels and restaurants to ensure food was prepared under sanitary conditions. They assisted in surgery and trained the Haitian health care workers. They also got an education from the experience, because they observed successful procedures done without the aid of high-tech equipment. Several Haitians were chosen to train in the US so they can maintain the equipment once the Americans leave.

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Military physicians of 12 nations cooperate in Haiti

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Military physicians and nurses from 12 nations are working together in Haiti to re-establish an effective health care system in the devastated country. When the United Nations took over the occupation of Haiti after the restoration of democracy, the US took over the provision of medical supplies and level 3 hospital service to the soldiers of the 12 nations participating in the occupation. The mobile, 86th Combat Support Hospital was set up in Port-au-Prince. It has one operating room, three surgical teams, a 12-bed intensive care unit, a pathology lab and an equipment repair facility. The hospital provides equipment and supplies to each nation's level 1 medical station and US physicians often fill in for their colleagues from other nations.

Services, International aspects, Military occupation, Hospitals, Military, Military hospitals, Disaster medicine

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