Irvine, helping to coordinate the Church’s Haiti relief effort in cooperation with its primary compassionate ministries partner, World Hope International, said, “At first the patients were locals who sustained injuries from panicked flight or building collapse, but a few hours after daylight the following morning the hospital began to receive casualties.” In addition to sending a medical team to assist in Port-au-Prince, a converted lobster boat that had been donated to the hospital began to ferry relief supplies, refugees, and fuel. It is being used to transport supplies to Port-au-Prince from cargo ships too large to enter La Gonave’s wharf.
Diane Busch, a physician’s assistant with the medical team, wrote of treating a small child whose parents and siblings had died when their house collapsed, “I spent 30 minutes carefully cleaning a wound and removing the non-viable tissue. . . He was so brave while I cleaned him up with no anesthetic. We talked for a little while about how God has a plan for him, as he alone was spared, and also how he came for medical treatment at a critical time.” She added, “Hopefully he will live to tell his story.”
(Source: Christian Newswire)