Day 1: Kay Kapab Klinic

When you are fortunate, you have an obligation to spread that fortune. That philosophy, along with a tremendous respect for the Haitian people led us to our first day "on the job"...

Today we will give you an overview of our day at Kay Kapab Klinik. In the next few days we will try to give you a look into two of Haiti's orphanages.

The clinic is an amazing place with patients traveling very long distances, arriving early in the morning, waiting all day to be seen, and despite all this they have a smile on their face when it is their turn to be seen.

The physical structure of Kay Kapab... the clinic is currently located in a rented building in the Capitol city of Port au Prince. It is an open air facility with a good portion of the work done outside. As you enter from the street you find patients sitting on plastic lawn chairs surrounding the front entrance. A small desk serves as the entry point with the PT gym on the left. Two treatment tables and parallel bars fill the room. A small triage area is to the right of the entrance. Walking forward you pass a small, dark room serving as the pharmacy; two treatment rooms and the orthotic and prosthetic lab. Walking out the back door a small cement/gravel sidewalk leads to the fabrication lab which primarily consist of tin, cement blocks, and some plywood but serves its purpose well.

The main function of our team is to continue the training of the Haitian rehabilitation technicians and nurses. Seeing many more patients might be possible, but as a group, we are working toward creating a self sustaining, fully functional rehab clinic. With this in mind, each patient is seen by the rehab tech or nurse and assisted by a corresponding professional from our team.

The progress made by the clinic staff since our visit in March 2003 was amazing! We are all very excited to see how much they have learned and how well they seem to be working together.

This evening we were educated by three Haitians on cultural and political issues facing the country and the world. Regardless of your views, the conversation was compelling.

We have divided our group into three teams for tomorrow. Two small groups will travel to orphanages while a larger group will continue work at the clinic.

We'll try to include photos with our next report (you can imagine the speed of our Internet connection for the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere).

Bonswa!
Minnesota Team
Healing Hands for Haiti

	Healing Hands for Haiti Foundation - June 2004 A recap of the recent Healing Hands for Haiti trip that was chronicled at the EDGE web site. Salute!
	Day 5: A great finish - February 2004
	Day 4: It's Getting Interesting... - February 2004
	Day 3: An Amazing Boy - February 2004
	Day 2: Serving Two Orphanages - February 2004
	Arrival in Haiti - February 2004
	Healing Hands for Haiti Minnesota Team - February 2004

Table Of Contents - February 2004

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	New Professional Standards To Enter O&P: A Plan Feature
	Socket Design for Use with the Harmony® System Shop Talk
	Teenage Football Player Overcomes Cancer, Amputation Today's Consumer
	Got FAQs? Got FAQs?
	Helping a Teenage Assassination Attempt Survivor: Seeds of Change? Salute!
	Hanger RFD: Helping Colombia’s Poor and Desperate Salute!
	Paraplegic Conquers Catalina Channel “Don’t think about what you can do—think about what you want to do. And start trying to do it.” Sports Page
	Healing Hands for Haiti Minnesota Team
	Arrival in Haiti
	Day 1: Kay Kapab Klinic
	Day 2: Serving Two Orphanages
	Day 3: An Amazing Boy
	Day 4: It's Getting Interesting...
	John Russell, CP Profile
	Applying Dr. Kubler-Ross’ Theory to Amputation Perspective
	Letters
	O&P: A Passionate Profession Viewpoints
	Day 5: A great finish