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Immediate Need : We
need a Tent to place in the yard of the clinic so we can begin to
resume our work and see patients and their families
Current
Problem:
CCHER clinic was set up on a health maintenance model
to address ongoing health, prevention and social needs of the Delmas community and surrounding communities http://www.ccher.org/haitiprojects.htm.
Our objective was simple to create a community-based primary care model
with a strong public health and social component accessible to all. Our
model was not designed to address the current surgical and orthopedic
needs that are needed post earthquake. However, as patients and homeless
families look for medical support in our geographic area, CCHER proposes
a contingency plan to address this immediate need.
Short Term Emergency Plan
Due to the lost our clinic, we propose to restore our
service by setting up a tent in the yard of the building. This will allow
by late February or early March to outreach to those who are or will be
in need of post earthquake medical follow-ups. To accomplish this task,
we will need your support in several fronts:
- Medical
supplies – alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, Prep Solution Povidone Iodine 10%, sterile saline, gauze and
dressing and wound kits
- Drugs:
Antibiotics for gram negative rods and gram positive cocci, antibiotics for infections after trauma,
antibiotics for infections after orthopedic surgery, analgesics
- Immunizations:
Tetanus
- Lab
equipments: small centrifuge, manual hematocrit
centrifuge., CBC machine, urine specific gravity instrument
- Lab
Supplies: Blood collection tubes (lavender, red and blue tops) urine
dipstick (glucose, protein etc..)
- Vital
Sign equipments and materials
- Scopes:
eye and ear
- Blood
Pressure Equipments and Stethoscopes
Long Term Plan:
Before the earthquake, CCHER was leasing the building.
As of now, the owner does not have an interest in rebuilding. CCHER is
seeking to purchase the land. Our justification is not to relocate rather to stay
in the same community and to engage CCHER in the overall commitment
and collaboration of rebuilding of
the community. Finally, this action by CCHER will re-enforce our long
term commitment to reduce local health disparities
- Rebuild
a new two level clinic with
handicapped accessibility
Prior to our occupancy, the building went to a series
of construction renovation. Yet, these
activities did not improve the
distribution of clinical and administration space. In terms of
construction, the building did not have enough of office and clinical space to
meet our service agenda.. CCHER has several reasons to consider a community model :
1)
Developing a sound community-based primary care
clinic is what needed for the future of Haiti health care system in a
larger scale
2)
It is cost effective and not too expensive to run
comparing to a large hospital based model
3)
Engaging the community and its residents in making
decision
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Integrated
Laboratory
Patients and their families do not have the money to
pay for outside laboratory tests.
For sound clinical decision, medical providers must have on site
laboratory they can rely on for basic lab tests.
Before the earthquake, most Haitians can not afford to
buy medications, making treatment and follow-up plans very
difficult. Having a pharmacy in our future clinic is an important step to
recognize that families are forcing to make choices between placing food on the
table vs. a drug prescription. Our commitment is to have generic drugs
available on site to those patients who can not afford them.
You can donate
toward :
- Our
overall operation (staff salaries, utilities and others
- Short
Term emergency plan
- Long
term plan of rebuilding our clinic
For more
information about Haiti
Projects, please call
- in
the US
(617) 265-0628 ext 213, 226
224
- in Port-au-Prince 011-509- 787-
4227 or 512-8949 or
3-447-5387
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