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Hôpital
Bon Samaritain |
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Limbé,
Haiti |
Winter
2006 |
Container
arrived at HBS 
Truck
arriving with container
On 7 November 2006 our shipping
container arrived in Limbé, Haiti. As the
truck drove in the yard a lot of people showed up
to help and unload the container. They formed a line
and the container was unpacked in a matter of hours.
Everything was put in a warehouse and from there
it was all distributed to th e
correct departments. We have already received enough
medical supplies to fill and ship another container
once we can raise the funds to do so. We want
to specially thank everybody that contributed towards
this project.
Anne Marie
November 12, was a bright sunny day.
Anne Marie walked outside, putting a bucket on her
head, walking to the local spring to get water. It
was almost noon and soon the family would be coming
home for a meal. She lit a fire under a large kettle
placed upon three large stones. Once the fire was started,
she stood up to get some rice but fell backward striking
the pot of hot water which then tipped over, scalding
her shoulders and back. The extent of her burns made
it imperative that she seek medical attention so she
was taken to Hôpital Bon Samaritain
in Limbé and admitted. That first week she received
antibiotics, pills for pain and daily dressings. After
the first week the pain had subsided requiring only
daily dressings of Vaseline
saturated gauze. It took many days for her wounds to
he al, but she said she is grateful to get help in her
time of need. The doctors required that she stay in
the hospital until her wounds healed. Patients with
extensive burns often die from losing too much fluid
and blood or infections. Every effort was made to protect
her body and keep her healthy and well nourished. She
will continue to need to have daily dressing until
there is complete healing.
X-Ray
We were able to have volunteer technicians
that set-up our new X-Ray machine. It took some time
to get all the parts together to mount it, as we
have limited resources in Haiti, but it all worked
out and it is up and running. We would like to thank
all of you that helped towards this project!!
We give thanks
for having a lot of volunteers to help
us continue this wonderful work in Haiti
a nd for the UN contributing and donating
food and medicines for our Kai Mira children.
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Kai Mira
All the children in Kai Mira were
very happy as the received all their new supplies
when the container arrived .
New mattresses, chairs, lots of toys and clothes,
toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels and dishes. Now
all their beds have nice new mattresses and the
children have many more toys to play with. Yesel
Kim, a volunteer from South Korea, spends a lot
of time caring and playing with these children.
The difference in these children is marked from
their ordeal this past summer; they all are much
happier and smiling all during the day, looking
much healthier. Joanna has been also spending a
lot of time playing with them. This past week,
before Christmas, there was another handicapped
child left in the waiting room at HBS. This boy
of 5 years has been very much neglected, with his
limbs atrophied from lack of exercise. He is in
desperate need of dental care.
Thanks to all of your financial
help to keep the hospital open we are able to continue
to take these children in and care for them.
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Diabetics
As most of you know we have a
free diabetic clinic with more than 150 patients
that come in every day to get their blood sugars
checked and their much need ed
insulin shots. The hospital provides these services
free because these patients are indigent and unable
to pay for the insulin and testing. At the beginning
of the each year we order insulin and tests for
the year. We need to raise the funds to be able
to do this and keep this clinic open to help these
patients.
Please help us to buy the insulin to help the patients
in this clinic. We will order 1000 vials of insulin
and blood glucose test strips, which with the increase
of prices for 2007; will cost us about U$ 12,000.00.
If you would like to donate towards this project
and help these diabetic patients please indicate
this in your memo on your donation check. With
your help we can keep this clinic open and save
these peoples lives.
This
past year we had some low points but
there were also positive happenings
for which we are very thankful.
We give thanks:
HBS is still open and
functioning, providing hope and badly
needed medical service to those in need.  Emmanuel was a child that we took into
Kai Mira several years ago. He had been
adopted by a family of an HBS volunteer
from Canada. After years of waiting for
paperwork to go through, we are very
happy to hear that Emmanuel finally arrived
safely December 19th, able to celebrate
Christmas and New Year in Canada with
his new family!!
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We
are grateful to you who help so much to aid in the work
of the hospital with your prayers and donations. At years
end we are sending out a special plea as the expenses
have been far greater than usual his year, with increasing
costs here in Haiti of medicines, food and fuel. The
message that Christmas brings is to change chaos into
order, hate into love and darkness into light. May all
our efforts make a difference this coming year 2007.
Could you too be a Good Samaritan and help us with
this on-going task of caring for those who work and
live in this little rural town of Limbé in
Northern Haiti? Gifts such as yours will help to stretch
our compassion a bit further and to offer "hope" so
that more people like Anne Marie can be cared for.
We are often overwhelmed in the daily clinics with
the many problems that each day brings. 
Please send your much needed donations to:
HBS Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 1290
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Phone : (561) 533-0883
Website : www.hbslimbe.org
We wish everybody a very Happy New Year. May
the New Year bring lots of blessings. |
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