Refugee Care
The refugee population at GHESKIO continues to grow―as do the challenges GHESKIO faces delivering food and water and medical care to the thousands camped here. A field hospital that the United States government set up at GHESKIO yesterday is providing surgical care to injured children and adults. GHESKIO staff are assisting the 35-member U.S. medical team with patient triage and translation and have established a post-operative care area. GHESKIO remains the only functioning medical facility in this section of Port-au-Prince.
Donations to GHESKIO over the past few days have made a tremendous difference. We now have a functioning generator and running water, and we are providing food bars, oral rehydration solutions, antibiotics and pain medications to those under our care.
Contact
Weill Cornell Medical College
Center for Global Health
440 E. 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
phone: 212-746-6680
fax: 212-746-9744
e-mail: globalhealthweb@med.cornell.edu
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