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Whitney Clinic

Website: http://www.saintmonicasinhaiti.com/clinic.htm

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In 2003, we opened our permanent clinic at Sacre Coeur Parish, the Whitney Clinic, named after Jim Whitney, the orthodontist whose generous donation allowed us to fund its construction. The clinic is manned by an excellent Haitian doctor, Pheles Dagerus MD, a nurse, and other staff. Dr. Dagerus sees hundreds of patients each week and provides excellent follow-up care after our medical teams have returned home and also treats many new patients. The maladies he treats include malnutrition, parasite infections, malaria, high blood pressure and diabetes.

In addition, Midwives for Haiti, an excellent organization based in Virginia, provides all-important prenatal care in a country where the vast majority of births are unattended. The recent addition of a dental suite within the clinic now means that our visiting dentists and hygienists can provide great care in a more comfortable, sanitary environment. The importance of the Whitney Clinic for the people of Hinche cannot be overstated. The only public hospital in the area is very poorly equipped and also unaffordable for many local residents. Thanks to the generosity of those supporting our Twinning and Doc-a-Day programs, people from all over Haiti's Central Plateau know that they can received excellent medical care at no charge at the Whitney Clinic.

For more information contact our clinic manager, Barbara Burke at burk2000 @earthlink.net.





This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

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http://www.saintmonicasinhaiti.com/earthquake.htm

Within 5 days of the devastating 7.0 earthquake, the Catholic Church of St. Monica's had a team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. Dr. Jim Toth, Barb Burk RN, and Mark Coughlin worked at a makeshift field hospital treating scores of severely injured people while Jon Steele worked hard to make safe drinking water available to hard-hit communities all over Port-au-Prince. The hundreds of pounds of donated supplies they carried down helped save lives. Click below to watch a video about their experience, then read on below about our continued response to this disaster.

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http://www.saintmonicasinhaiti.com/medicalmissions.htm

Medical Missions

The Catholic Church of Saint Monica currently mounts three medical missions per year to Hinche Haiti. The largest medical mission takes place in February, with smaller missions in June and October. Each year, more than one thousand patients are seen at the Parish of Sacre Coeur by our dedicated doctors, nurses, dentists, hygienists and support staff. Many of our patients walk for hours or even days for the chance to be seen by an American doctor. Our medical staff treats a wide range of maladies ranging from malnutrition and parasite infections to high blood pressure and diabetes. Our dental staff relieves a lot of misery by performing hundreds of extractions and restorations. In recent years, the construction of the Whitney Clinic within the Sacre Coeur compound has allowed for excellent follow-up care by our capable Haitian doctor, Pheles Dagerus, and his staff after our teams have returned home. We hope to soon employ a Haitian dentist as well to man the dental suite within the Whitney Clinic.

If you are a medical or dental professional or technician and are interested in participating in one of our medical missions, please contact our medical mission director, David Lockhart: dlock3155 @earthlink.net

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