In Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, a surgical team of AMI operates injured

In Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, a surgical team of AMI operates injured

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The emergency medical team, who joined the AMI mission present in Port-au-Prince, participates actively in providing care to victims of the earthquake.

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The AMI medical team operating a young child’s head injuries

The emergency medical team consisting of a surgeon and an anaesthesiologist, who joined Haiti on January15th and 16th, is currently working with the medical mission already present on site at the Lambert Petionville clinic.

For nearly a week, they are work hard alongside Haitian medical personal and other humanitarian organizations to operate on patients out of the rubble and victims of severe trauma.
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On the outskirts of the clinic

At the same time, other team members are working on the coordination of humanitarian aid, providing logistical support to ongoing activities and to prepare future actions.

Today, a nurse and a logistics coordinator leave for Port-au-Prince to strengthen the team.

Aide Médicale Internationale has been present in Haiti since 1984, training medical personnel and supporting health structures on Turtle Island and supporting the creation of 50 health posts in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health and Population under the Government Action Plan in the town of Saint-Michel de l’Attalaye from 2000 to 2002. Since late 2003 and early 2004, A.M.I. has implemented a program of medical and psychosocial support to 1,500 children and youth from the streets of Port-au-Prince and beginning in early 2010, A.M.I. has implemented a program of free obstetric care.
sent 21 January 2010