Hazelwood College first year students Ashling Mc Carthy,Stephanie
Kirwan, Julia O’Doherty and Sharon Roche with the cheque for €1693
euro which they raised from a non-uniform day in aid of the victims of
the earthquake in Haiti.
Dear students and staff of Hazelwood College,
On behalf of the staff and patients of Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot, Haiti, our thanks to you all for your very generous donation of €1,693. All donations received will go directly to help with the cost of caring for current needs and rehabilitation of the victims of the earthquake.
We have been blessed with hundreds of committed volunteers since the Earthquake struck who have paid their own way to go and help out. Our volunteers continue to work 16 to 20 hour days, at least 50-60 are scheduled per week in the coming weeks.
Our census at the hospital is currently around 400 patients despite discharging over 80 patients to local missions, families in Milot town who have offered to share their homes and some patients that we have helped return to Port au Prince. We are still receiving transfer patients from the hospital ship USS Comfort, patients that require specialized care that only Hopital Sacre Coeur can offer.
The infections have been severe for many of these patients, so stabilizing these infections is the first of many challenges. We are also focusing on wound care and the long process of rehabilitation. Physical and occupational therapists are working to get the patients up and moving around. Dr Lovejoy, an orthopedic surgeon who was there the week after the earthquake, is assembling a prosthetic lab in a container that can be shipped to our hospital. This will allow us to produce artificial limbs on site for the many amputees. Whether it’s learning to use a crutch, getting fitted for a prosthetic device, the hospital has many weeks & months ahead of rehab care for these patients. Our hospital has been there for 25 years and will continue to be there with the Haitian people on the long road to recovery.
Our sincere thanks,
Denise Kelly
Executive Director
CRUDEM Foundation Inc.
www.crudem.org
