A medical team from the Ministry of Health left Jamaica on
Friday (January 22), to relieve colleagues in Haiti who have
been helping with relief efforts, following the January 12
earthquake.
Jamaica currently has a 26-member health team stationed in
Port-au-Prince, comprised of doctors, emergency medical
technicians, public health inspectors, nurses and a health
educator.
Since arriving in Haiti, the team has been working from two
facilities and has seen about 150 new patients within the first
three days of arriving. They have also performed surgical operations.
Minister of Health, Hon Rudyard Spencer, publicly thanked the
medical team for the work they have been doing to help Haitians
affected by the earthquake.