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Day 2 - My day to learn and teach

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April 15th 2014
Today was the first full functioning day at the hospital, given it's a Monday. We were packed. All clinics were packed and we ran two ORs all day. Ortho was relatively light in the OR. We had one case - a revision of an external fixator, wash out, and flap coverage of the open tibia fracture that had come in my first night. Dr. Thomas, a Haitian orthopaedic surgeon who trained with French surge ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Haiti

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The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispan... ... read more