An Update from a Flood Doctor in Haiti/DR
Hi everyone
Thanks so much for your support and prayers. It makes me feel like I am not going alone.
I arrived into Santo Domingo this afternoon. At least 1/3 of the flight passengers were relief workers–red cross, UN, churches, medical teams. I met up with 17 others on the COTN team at the airport- from Seattle, New Hampshire , Boston. There’s another team from South Dakota coming in tonight. After a 5 hour drive we arrived into Barahona to the COTN hospitality house. Here I’m going to take a cold shower and have a nice bed to sleep in.
Tentatively, we are planning to head to Jimani– the bordertown where there are two hospitals are set up. One preexisting and one makeshift. It seems like an international medical coalition has formed there with teams from Japan, Puerto Rico, Germany, US already performing surgeries around the clock. It is reported that injured Haitians are arriving by trucks every 10 minutes.
We will head up to Jimani-2hrs away– tomorrow morning. Reportedly once you get there they plug you into the work schedule.
Doubt I will have email access there so I’ll give you an update in a few days.
Love Christine