Radiologists without Borders Visit

Dr. Ron hanging out with some of the kids at Pou Soley Leve

Dr. Ron teaching the children about bones and joints

The rice donated from J/P HRO

RWB headed home

Rose and Dave

Me, Shelly, Rose, and Dave carrying donated rice

Shelly, Dave, Chris, Rose, Ron and I carrying boxes of rice

Chris and Dr. Ron carrying the donated rice

RWB and the children of Pou Soley Leve

Chris with his students at J/P HRO hospital

Chris teaching some x-ray techs at the J/P HRO hospital

Brian and Shelly talking before Shelly went to train some mid-wives at the J/P HRO hospital

Chris with his graduated students at J/P HRO hospital

Let me fill you in on the last two weeks...

On Wednesday the 9^th we picked up 5 members of Radiologists Without Borders (RWB) who included Dr. Ron Israelski, Christopher Moreno, Shelley Benson, Brian Wetzel, and Dave Kerr. On their first day here we took them to the General Hospital so they could distribute the lead vests for the x-ray techs they brought with them. After that it was starting to get dark so we headed home to eat and discuss the rest of the week. The next day we dropped off the crew at the hospital while Yvon, Greg and I went to J/P HRO to pick up 30 boxes of food they were donating to Pou Soley Leve. When we went to pick up the RWB they told us about a 14 year old boy who got caught in a fight and his forearm was now cut deeply and the nerves had been cut as well so he couldn’t move his wrist and hand. Friday morning we went to the General Hospital so Dr. Ron could try to do what he could for the boys arm and for the rest of the team to fix one of the x-ray machines that hadn’t been working. Around 11 am we took Chris, Brian and Shelly up to the J/P HRO hospital so they could train some of the x-ray techs up there and to train some of the mid-wives on how to use the ultra sound machines they have. Chris was training 3 of the x-ray techs on how to use on of their portable x-ray machine and Shelly went over to the maternity section to train them on the different things they could do with the ultra sound machine. Dr. Ron was able to complete the surgery on the young boy but will have to do some follow up surgery when he comes back in a few months. That night we had a dinner party for all of the people who helped the RWB while they were here. Some of the doctors and interns came and everyone talked and made plans for future visits and what can be done to improve the hospital. Before they left for the airport we went up to Gilbert to drop off the rice that we had received from J/P HRO a few days prior. After we helped the kids carry the boxes, Dr. Ron proceeded to give the kids a lesson on the leg bones and the arm bones. When he was demonstrating joints by moving his leg in circles the kids copied him and everyone started laughing. We could only stay for about 15 minutes because they had to catch a flight back home. They are planning to come back though this summer to train some more people and to bring more doctors back to the hospital. It was sad to see them go since they were here for such a short time but we have all made plans to continue the work we are doing back in the states and down here.