Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Haiti's Rheumatic Fever

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Rheumatic fever is a disease of poverty and social injustice. Most of the reduction in cases of rheumatic fever is attributable to improved ...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

A Mother's Love

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This lady ran barefoot through the streets of Soleil carrying her seizing two year old daughter. Her daughter, Abagaille, started having a f...

Henri Andrique

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Henri had a Ross procedure 10 years ago. Because he had severe aortic insufficiency from rheumatic heart disease, his damaged aortic valve w...

Faces of Soleil

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Merlinda is five months old and has a hole in her heart. She needs heart surgery. She has a mom and dad that give her great care. We need to...

Haiti's Scourges...Rheumatic Fever and Sydenham's Chorea

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Sydenham's Chorea (SC) is the name of Rodolphe's problem. That is why he is making the funny movements with his left hand. SC is one...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

Happy Mother's Day, Maria

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Dear Maria, Thanks for being the best mom Luke could ever have. I remember the look on your face when you saw him for the first time. You ...

Ti Pierre Dies

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Haitian Hearts could not find a medical center for Ti Pierre and he died. The principal of his school in Port-au-Prince called me yesterday ...

New Haitian Hearts Patients

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This week, on the same day, I examined three new patients with congenital heart problems. I will describe two of the cases. (My satellite si...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Ninety-One Minutes Away

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JH, thank you for all of your support as we seek the truth.
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Faces of Soleil

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Here was the first patient in pediatric clinic this morning. And things didn't improve. About two hundred patients showed up even though...

Faces of Soleil

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As if Lack of Food, Water, Sanitation, and Medical Care in Soleil is not Enough....

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See this post from Le Monde du Sud .

Faces of Soleil

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MINUSTAH soldier from Brazil fills a water container at pediatric clinic in Soleil.

Faces of Soleil

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Faces of Soleil

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This is Soleil Today

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This is Cite Soleil today. The baby girl is 21 months old and weighs 8.5 kg. She had been staying with Grandma in Croix-du-Bouquet, but Gran...

Faces of Soleil

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Faces of Soleil

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Pharmacy technician in Soleil clinic. She fills approximately 800 prescriptions each day and hands them through the pharmacy window.

Faces of Soleil

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Faces of Soleil

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