The Partners in Health website
PARTNERS IN HEALTH HAITI EARTHQUAKE PAGE
has issued this call for volunteers to help the earthquake relief effort in Haiti
Update: January 13, 2010, 7:30pm
Wanted: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel to help in Haiti
Please forgive this lame diary but I hadn't seen this important information publicized. Partners in Health is accepting applications for volunteer medical professionals.
If you are a medical or rescue professional and want to help, send email to volunteer@pih.org
We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. As patients flood to our sites from Port-au-Prince, we're finding ourselves in need of both medical personnel and supplies. In particular, we need surgeons (especially trauma/orthopedic surgeons), ER doctors and nurses, and full surgical teams (including anesthesiologists, scrub and post-op nurses, and nurse anesthetists).
If you are a health professional interested in volunteering, please send an email to volunteer@pih.org with information on your credentials, language capabilities (Haitian Creole or French desired), availability, and contact information.
As phone lines in Haiti remain down and transportation and communication are difficult, PIH is still in the process of determining where we can set up operations in Port-au-Prince, and how we can transport patients and volunteers to our sites. We will be able to offer more concrete information after these logistical matters are resolved.
Once again – thank you for your support. Kenbe fèm.
If you aren't a medical professional, make a donation. Thanks.