As patients come in from the USNS Comfort, it is becoming apparent that our hospital in Fond des Blancs is the only institution willing to accept quadriplegic or paraplegic patients from the ship. While we do not specialize in these types of cases, we are banking on partnerships and our donors to help us with their continuing care. Many of these patients were crushed under rubble in Port-Au-Prince and were lucky to have survived, only to find out that they were left paralyzed from various spinal cord injuries.
We are currently holding talks with Handicap International, so that we can get training in specialized care for our medical staff here in Fond des Blancs. We never thought we would be a center for these types of cases, but the earthquake has caused us to rethink the direction of our hospital. There were no dissenting opinions from our staff when we discussed the possibility of accepting spinal cord injuries, as we know that without St. Boniface these patients would have nowhere to turn. Our staff continues to do whatever they can to address the suffering that has been so prevalent following the events of Jan. 12th.
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I am so proud of St. Boniface Hospital for taking on these difficult cases. It will certainly be a challenge, but we have had many challenges in the past and overcame them. With your support and God’s help we will relieve the suffering of these patients.
By Nannette Canniff on February 06 2010, 10:48am
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