Author name: Gospel to Haiti

This child’s mother came to the clinic some time ago with what appeared to be congestive heart failure.  She was very sick and because of her illness had stopped nursing her baby.  We saw the baby then, but she seemed to be doing ok.  Now just recently they brought the baby in.  The little girl […]

Today the clinic’s previous record of total consultations in a day (just over 70) was shattered, as the total amount of people seen today reached 100! When the nurses came to clinic around 9am there were already about 50 people waiting outside-  and more on the way! Amazingly enough, things went smooth for everyone and

A little while ago we had a post on a baby which came in with a rash, malnourished and a mother who didn’t know how to take care of it… click here to see the post, if you don’t remember. They came back for a checkup yesterday and what we saw was wonderful! The little

Today, when I came into the clinic to see how things were going, Michael called over to me. Saying that he had something that might interest me, he led me into one of the consultation rooms; inside was a lady which had (what looked like) a small hole on the side of her head. Mis

Saturday morning (5th) an elderly man was brought to our gate by a group of about 20 people; Michael went out to see what was wrong and they told him the man had a seizure. So, we took him into the clinic and, seeing that he was severely dehydrated, gave an an IV or two.

Some of us went up into the mountains for a cell group service yesterday and, after the service, a woman came to us with her little toddler- he had blood dribbling down his chin and was looking a bit stunned. We sent him back to the clinic while we did a house call elsewhere, so

What happens when you are working to break up large rocks and one goes flying, smashing into your hand against another rock? This unfortunate man found out the hard way… The tip of his bone was actually sheared off by the rock’s impact. The tip of his finger was irreparable, so Michael decided to cut

Some patients await their turns outside the pharmacy window… Others wait outside for their numbers to be called… Still yet more wait inside for consultations… Breanna and Virginia fill prescriptions inside the pharmacy… At the close of the noon hour, almost everyone is finished!

Over the last week or so there have been 3 babies born! The first baby’s mother had come in for a checkup before she went into labor; the nurses detected an irregular heartbeat in the baby, so they had her go out to town for an ultrasound and further checkup. She came back a few