St. Boniface Hospital
The reason I choose to help the St. Boniface in Haiti is because my Uncle George and cousin Katy went to help them in December and they told me so many good things about their work for the people there.
My family told me a story about the lady that founded the hospital. Her name is Nanette; she went to visit Haiti with some other people from her church in Massachusetts. The Haitian people were so glad that she came to visit and try to help that they even carried bath water for three days to try and make Nanette and her friends comfortable. She decided she was going to help them get medical care. That was over twenty years ago and that was before all the trouble from the earthquake. My uncle and cousin met other nice people like Dr. Pierre, the pediatrician, Ellen, the nutritionist and the other people that are working so hard to help the people of Haiti.
I hope our Valentines can make a big difference to the hospital and let them know we are thinking, praying and working hard for them.
Cardy
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Letter from the Director:
"The St. Boniface Haiti Foundation and St. Boniface Hospital continue to be part of relief efforts and health interventions in the wake of the earthquake. We have started a number of initiatives and will continue to do everything possible to ease the suffering in the wake of this unprecedented disaster.We have been asked by the U.S.S. Comfort to start receiving patients who underwent surgery on their ship and now need post-op care. Helicopters should start landing in a field next to the hospital by noon today. We have agreed to take as many patients as we can hold and our staff will be working closely with the medical staff of the Comfort in order to ensure a smooth transition of care. We are also partnering with Catholic Relief Services to ensure adequate supplies, housing, and food. Donations to support the hospital and to support the care of all our patients are extremely welcome.Our recently completed Villa Clinic was destroyed by the earthquake, but this has not prevented our staff from organizing a new clinic in a neighboring church. Without these crucial primary health services, the desperately poor population who relies on the clinic would be without any access to care. We will continue to do everything possible to ensure a continuity of care despite no longer having an adequate building to provide these services. Dr. Miliane Clermont, a long-time St. Boniface employee, is spending this week as an ambassador from St. Boniface to a few make-shift refugee camps in Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to these makeshift camps (usually nothing more than sheets and sticks) throughout the capital. Dr. Clermont will be working with a couple of these settlements to help their leadership identify needs and eventually provide basic services. St. Boniface continues to do everything possible to ease the suffering in the wake of the earthquake. We thank you for your continuous support and generosity." Conor Shapiro, MPH Director Dr. Pierre
