Update from MMDR:
Mobile Medical Disaster Relief, http://www.MMDR.org, based in Brentwood, TN provides medical care in Port au Prince, Haiti to patients affected by the recent cholera outbreak. This is the 19th time that Mobile Medical Disaster Relief has returned to Haiti since the earthquake devastated the Caribbean country on January 12, 2010. During this time the non profit organization has brought some 600 medical personnel and building teams to Port au Prince and the surrounding area.
Dr. David Vanderpool, CEO of Mobile Medical Disaster Relief, reports, "we always go to areas that have little or no access to health care so that we can help the people in greatest need". This trip includes 34 health care workers, clean water experts and college students who will provide medical and dental care, water purification systems and construction expertise to the people of Thomazeau, Haiti. Since Tropical Storm Emily drenched the island earlier this week, the outlook for the worsening cholera outbreak is bleak. Bethany Luckey, Chief Nursing Officer at Mobile Medical Disaster Relief, says, "since we previously sent a large shipment of cholera medications to Haiti, we should be in good position to help many people suffering from this terrible disease".
Mobile Medical Disaster Relief provides medical and logistical support during disasters in which the country's medical infrastructure is damaged such as occurred in the Haitian earthquake of 2010. In between disasters, Mobile Medical Disaster Relief builds and supports medical clinics, provides clean water initiatives and implements micro finance projects in the countries which have suffered disasters. Active in fourteen countries worldwide, the doctors and nurses of Mobile Medical Disaster Relief treat tens of thousands of patients per year who otherwise would have no access to health care. Mobile Medical Disaster Relief's clean water initiatives provide pure, fresh clean water to those who have only contaminated water to drink. Dr. Vanderpool reports that the micro finance projects are some of the most exciting projects that Mobile Medical Disaster Relief participates in. He says, "these projects basically start small businesses which provide sustainable income for impoverished people worldwide." He further states that micro finance projects are key to improving living conditions in the developing world.
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