CMAT Volunteers hard at work.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 – Léogâne, Haiti: CMAT Team 2 arrived Saturday, January 31 to relieve the outgoing first medical team, who headed back home to Canada after three weeks in the field. Canadian volunteers working at the CMAT Field hospital continue to see upwards of 150 to 200 patients per day, though the health needs of the patients are beginning to change.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 – Latest photos of teams in Haiti.
ACP paramedic Kelly Churchill comforts a little girl with a leg wound with an inflated glove.
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Monday, January 25, 2010 – Field pictures – CMAT hospital – Léogâne, Haiti
CMAT Surgeon Dr. Donna Smith, Anaesthesiologist Dr. Kate Bennett and Paramedic Bill Coltart prepare a patient for surgery in the CMAT field hospital in Léogâne.
Treatment area and pharmacy at CMAT field hospital in Léogâne.
After disaster, infrastructure is unreliable, occasionally requiring surgery to be performed by flashlight at the CMAT field hospital.
CMAT surgeon Dr. Donna Johnson checks xrays. CMAT team members are treating a large number of infected wounds, fractures, and crush injuries.
Thurssday, January 21, 2010 – CMAT released photos of volunteers working in the field today. As many as 300 patients per day have been seen and treated. CMAT team members are treating a large number of infected wounds, fractures, and crush injuries.
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Today, we wear orange to honour the Indigenous children and families affected by residential schools in Canada - a colonial system that left generational scars on the Indigenous communities
Artwork shared from Michelle Stoney (@mstoneyart on Instagram).
