2nd day of NADA training in Haiti
Just a quick note this Wednesday morning – I’m thrilled to have actually posted successfully, as the constant comedy and tragedy of errors here have prevented me from doing much on line so far.
Beth and I are on our 2nd day of NADA training. We’ve had a stellar turnout, with 26 people gathering from various agencies & organizations to learn the technique. Most are medical students from a couple of Port-au-Prince medical schools, nurses and doctors, but there’s also an actress/singer, a journalist, and the head of a local ngo.
We started yesterday, and Monday we joined Dr. Decker at yet another tent city; this one perched on a hillside in seeming defiance of gravity. Beth and I were thrilled to have a tin shack church to work in, with rickety wooden school desks and 2X4s stretched across seat-less chairs, and plastic roof stretched over raw timber - by far the most ideal treatment space we’ve had so far. In five hours we were able to treat over 230 people, and as usual it amazes me how easily people “get” this protocol. Midway through the day we felt a small earthquake, and before it had even registered in my mind, most of our patients were on their feet and on their way out the door. The after effects of the January 12th earthquake run deep and strong in these people.
