Support for Named Disaster: 2010 /2011 Haiti Cholera Epidemic available at Choscal Centre Hospitalier Sainte Catherine Laboure (MSPP/MSF-B/OPS-OMS) - "UTC CHOLERA TREATMENT"

Updated by: DNug
Created at: Sat Oct 23 05:43:05 +0000 2010
Updated at: Tue Nov 02 23:16:56 +0000 2010

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http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4834&cat=field-news&r=1&ref=news-index

Artibonite Region
St. Nicholas Hospital in St. Marc

30-bed CTC in Gonaives

Elsewhere in the north, assessments are being carried out in Port de Paix, Pont Sonde, Dessaline, Villard, La Chapelle, and Lester, to determine if treatment interventions are necessary. Other assessments are being conducted south and east of St. Marc, in Archaie, Cabaret, and Verrettes. In Montrouis, MSF has provided treatment materials, including cholera beds, to the health center there. Additional explorations are planned for Gros Morne, Bassin Bleu, and Saint Michel de L’attalaye.

CTC's - +300 beds
MSF’s own five facilities in the capital, Port-au-Prince
20-bed CTC Leogane
opened a private 120-bed container hospital in Leogane in October.
Jacmel

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MSF currently has close to 60 international staff and more than 500 national staff devoted to its various cholera interventions. Additional staff is expected. Two cargo planes bearing 150 tons of medical supplies for cholera treatment have arrived, the latest plane arriving October 30.


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