Penn Medicine In Haiti

• Feb 6, 2010
• Home to Philadelphia
• Dr. Mehta describes a tour of the ravaged city of Port-au-Prince and the Penn team's return home to Philadelphia in the middle of a major snowstorm.

• Feb 5, 2010
• Last Words
• Dr. Ashburn reports, as the Penn Team prepares to leave Cange, the chief of the hospital tells them, "You have been wonderful. You are now part of Haiti."

• Feb 5, 2010
• Finding New Equipment, Leaving Haiti
• On the Penn team's last day in Cange, they are surprised to find newly donated medical and surgical technology, Dr. Mehta reports. They see a few mor patients before leaving for Port-au-Prince and home.

• Feb 4, 2010
• Last Full Day of Operating
• Dr. Mehta describes the Penn team's last full day operating on patients in Haiti, reports eagerness to come home, and reflects on continuing to help Haiti in the future – and on the country's beauty.

• Feb 4, 2010
• Communication with the Medical Teams
• Effective communication among medical team members is strained with the language barrier, Dr. Ashburn reports, but the Penn team has helped implement some improvements.

• Feb 3, 2010
• A Progression in Treatments Offered
• The type of medical and surgical treatments the team can offer has progressed, Dr. Mehta observes, though the challenges in Haiti remain immense.

• Feb 3, 2010
• Surrounded by Life as Well as Suffering
• Treatment and pain management for the injured continues, as life persists amid suffering for the crowd of patients and families now at Cange, Dr. Ashburn reports.

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