By Richard Edward Hale

It’s hard to be prepared or know what to expect when you visit Haiti for the first time.  My advice: if you’re planning a trip to Haiti, by all means take a guide.  We had three: Dr. Malivert (Mario), and his wife Garlene, and our driver “Wooby”.  We were part of a small group that, like many others, traveled to Haiti to “help”.  I’m not sure that any of us knew what...

Saturday, April 27, we had our first grand rounds. Dr. St Hilaire (Obgyn) presented on leucorrhea, Dr. Ilorme (Pediatrics) talked about abnominal pain in children, and I presented a case of thyroglossal cyst. We had a great time, learning from and about each other. The next rounds are scheduled for June 1st.

So far, 2013 has been great for us at the Repheka Clinics.

On the first week of February, we had welcomed Dr. Larry Stack, emergency medicine and associate professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and deacon at the Bible Community Church (BCC); Pastor Jon Moffit (BCC); Jason Johnson, deacon at BCC; Dr. Christian Rhea, rheumatology and deacon at BCC; Dr. Phil...

During the first and third week of March, two mission teams from Tennessee will provide medical care at the Repheka Clinics. The first team, from Community Bible Church, Nashville, TN, is led by Dr. Larry Stack. This team will provide primary care, GI exams and upper endoscopies, as well as arthritis evaluation, and ultrasound and cortisone injection treatment. The second team, led by Dr....

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Clinique Repheka held a mobile clinic in a tent city at Delmas 33 (west of downtown Port-au-Prince). Over 90 patients received primary care, medications, and some lab tests, free of charge.