CMAT Team 8 arrives in Port-au-Prince.
CMAT Team 8 in front of the J/P HRO Medical Centre..
TORONTO, May 4, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ eighth team of medical volunteers departed Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport Tuesday morning and arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti early Tuesday afternoon. CMAT continues to provide medical assistance in the quake-ravaged region, and has established an ongoing partnership to provide medical volunteers to staff the JP HRO (Jenkins/Penn Haiti Relief Organization)’s medical centre located at The
Pétionville Club. Over the coming weeks CMAT expects to rotate additional medical teams in and out of the area.
CMAT’s primary health care team members who are now stationed in Haiti include:
- Dr. Mark Hyslop, MD (Emergency) and Team Leader from Merritt, BC
- Margaret Hyslop, Mental Health Worker from Merritt, BC
- Julie Airth, Registered Nurse from Burlington, ON
- Dr. Jane Pegg, MD (Paediatrics) from Nanaimo, BC
- Dr. Raza Khan, MD and former CMAT Vice-Chairman from Ancaster, ON
- Dr. Rashad Chin, MD from Edmonton, AB
- Dr. Warren Ma, MD from Edmonton, AB
- Amanda McIntyre, RN from Toronto, ON
- Jaimie Ratcliffe, RN from Saskatoon, SK
- Marcia Meijaard, RN from Sioux Lookout, ON
- Alexander Wong, RN from Burnaby, BC
- Renee Babin, ACP from Calgary, AB
- James Juras, Student Intern from Toronto, ON
- Christina Nguyen, Student Intern from Toronto, ON
- Aisha Van Der Loo, Student Intern from Hamilton, ON.
Dr. Raza Khan (former CMAT Vice-Chair) discusses imaging with a JPHRO Staff member.
Canadian Medical Assistance Teams continues to appeal for aid and asks for your help and generosity by making a donation to support our medical teams in their efforts to assist the Haitian people. www.canadianmedicalteams.org
