Toronto Star Nursing Week 2010 Feature

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Canadian Medical Assistance Teams executive director and RN Valerie Rzepka shares some smiles with a young patient she helped in Leogane, Haiti.

Canadian Medical Assistance Teams executive director and RN Valerie Rzepka shares some smiles with a young patient she helped in Leogane, Haiti.

Saturday, May 8, 2010 – Toronto Star Nursing Week 2010 Feature

Toronto Star: Helping Haiti heal and rebuild

Toronto Star : Out of the Factory into the heat.

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CMAT Team 8 arrives in Port-au-Prince.

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CMAT Team 8 in front of the J/P HRO Medical Centre..

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.

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CMAT Team 7 arrives in Haiti

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In this photo: Top Row L-R: Yasmeen Jabbar, Marcie Harrison, Nathan Kelly. Bottom Row, L-R, Dr. Joanne Perry, Christina Coambs, Robin Parfitt, Melissa Glen, Dorothy McEachern, Ruby Dyall. Front: Imran Jabbar.

In this photo: Top Row L-R: Yasmeen Jabbar, Marcie Harrison, Nathan Kelly. Bottom Row, L-R, Dr. Joanne Perry, Christina Coambs, Robin Parfitt, Melissa Glen, Dorothy McEachern, Ruby Dyall. Front: Imran Jabbar.

TORONTO, April 20, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ seventh 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.

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CMAT Teams 4 and 5 transitioning from Léogâne to Petionville, CMAT Team 6 to arrive in Haiti on Tuesday

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CMAT Teams 4 and 5 at the J/P HRO Medical Centre in March 2010. L-R (Bottom Row) Sandy Scott, PCP Paramedic from Kalso, BC; Catriona Convey, PCP Paramedic from Sidney, BC; Jean-Evens Cheridor, Nursing Student and CMAT Translator from Leogane, Haiti; Janice Stirling, RN from London, ON; Shandra Doran, Physician from Edmonton, AB; Dawn Anderson, RN from Saskatoon, SK; Guinevere Rolls Dorward, RN from Vancouver, BC; Huguette Ray, RPN from Gore Bay, ON. L-R (Top Row) J. Rashad Chin, Physician from Edmonton, AB; John Rich, ACP Paramedic from High River, AB; Mark Hyslop, Physician from Merritt, BC; Sharon Morgan, CMAT Administrator from Comox, BC; Nathan Blackstock, PCP Paramedic and Team 5 Team Leader from Vancouver, BC; Skye Nicolson, RN from Toronto, ON; Bill Coltart, PCP Paramedic and CMAT Regional Chair for Western Canada, from Comox, BC; Justin Law, PCP Paramedic from Langley, BC.

CMAT Teams 4 and 5 at the J/P HRO Medical Centre in March 2010. L-R (Bottom Row) Sandy Scott, Catriona Convey, Jean-Evens Cheridor, Janice Stirling, Shandra Doran, Dawn Anderson, Guinevere Rolls Dorward, Huguette Ray. L-R (Top Row) Rashad Chin, John Rich, Mark Hyslop, Sharon Morgan, Nathan Blackstock, Skye Nicolson, Bill Coltart, Justin Law.

TORONTO, April 6, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) successfully handed over responsibility for the delivery of health care back to authorities in Léogâne, and have transitioned CMAT services to the town of Pétionville, outside Port au Prince.  Teams 4 and 5 completed this transition, and CMAT operations have now concluded in Léogâne.

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