By Mavis Jaworski, MD If you come to Haiti, bring food and your own eating utensils and can opener/bottle opener/knife/scissors.   I did not have any of these. As a team leaves, they pass down to the newcomers, their prized Glad plastic containers, Sharpies permanent makers, ink pens, batteries, snacks, and extra DEET.   They are mindful [...]

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Mark Pearlmutter returned from Haiti earlier this week, after caring for earthquake victims. I spoke with him this morning, and asked him to reflect on what he did and what he saw.

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Dr. Mark Pearlmutter, a member of the MMS and chief of emergency medicine for Caritas Christi Health Care in Boston,  has just returned from Haiti, serving with many other colleagues from Caritas Christi. Here is his video report. Caritas Christi Haiti Relief Fund from EnFocus Media on Vimeo. (If you can’t see the video window [...]

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Physicians everywhere have responded to the medical and humanitarian crisis in Haiti. The following post is compiled from interviews by physician-author Lisa Gruenberg, M.D. On January 12, plastic surgeon Stephen Sullivan, M.D., checked his phone messages before boarding a flight from Florida back to Boston. The last one read, “So sorry to hear about Haiti.” [...]

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Dr. Mavis Jaworski, a family physician from Beverly, was one of many Massachusetts physicians who went to Haiti to help in the earthquake relief effort. Here are her observations from field, sent to us on Jan. 27. I am currently in Haiti. Physicians need more assistance with organized flights to and from Haiti, ground travel [...]

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