There is a lot of exciting stuff going on at HAH. The Lord is blessing our feeble efforts in many ways. Jonathan and his men worked like a Formula 1 pit crew this month in order to move some major projects forward. Jonathan used my arrival from a 2 week trip to Loma Linda to motivate the team and they really impressed me. Many times after a trip arriving back can be a bit overwhelming but I have to say it was exciting to get back and see all the progress. In spite of my absence for two weeks surgical volume remained just below last month’s record high and exceeded all previous months. Here are a few November highlights.
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- Micah and Caleb Mahoney at work. They live here at our hospital with their parents Joseph and Sarah. Joseph is technician who is launching our CT scan program and is the director of imaging.
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- Protests continue through most of the month with a slight reprieve during the most recent days
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- Marjolin waves from the top of the chapel as he paints the roof
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- Our other painter Ezekial still smiling after a day of work
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- My dad came down and worked for 3 weeks. He did a lot of projects including making sure that the new trash depot slab was poured level
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- They call him “Ti Mouton” (Lil’ sheep)
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- “Poubelle” (garbage bin) who constantly eats and transports trash. (on R side of photo) We recently adopted her.
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- On the street corner by Delimart
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- We sent up the drone incognito to evaluate some gunshots that were alarmingly close by. All we could see was an oil slick placed by gangsters.
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- Aerial view of HAH
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- Life on the outside. Gives perspective to a bit of peeling paint, weeds, and a few pieces of stray trash on our hospital grounds.
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- Don’t complain about traffic in Los Angeles
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- Trash depot construction
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- The pit crew
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- New slab for trash area
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- We hosed out the kitchen and did a major cleanup one night after hours
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- Even though the kitchen needs a bit of attention, the food is always great
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- Crowd chases fire truck into hospital after driver clipped a motorcyclist which eventually resulted in an amputation of his leg. The driver of the larger vehicle is always at fault and the crowd really wanted to give the fireman a final lesson
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- Jonathan (foreman of our campus renovations) and Felix (retired HAH gardener)
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- Man delivered from outside hospital with necrotic degloving injury to the R thigh 3 days prior
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- We had to do the initial debridement on the patio with a garden hose using some Clorox because of the acrid stench of the necrotic tissue and the thousands of flies that were covering him. After massive skin grafts the wound is now healing well.
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- MSF delivers another case
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- Jacques with the new dressing cart. Patients no longer have to go downstairs to buy gauze for every dressing change.
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- A young boy gets a spinal anesthetic
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- The radiolucent OR table. This $300 table is almost the same as the $200,000 table that we have in the US
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- Dan Smith a general surgeon visited us for 10 days and is teaching me how to place US guided central lines
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- My dad assists me in surgery
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- A routine ankle fracture. It is nice to have routine cases sometimes
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- Another case that Dan helped me with. Irma was tired of her cat’s masculine traits so we watched a YouTube video, gave a shot of ketamine and ablated his jewels. He is now almost as sweet as a girl cat.
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- Another 5 births at HAH
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- The fifth one getting a licking
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- New curbs and gutters. They were really broken up and terrible. Most people probably won’t appreciate the new look of something so mundane.
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- Smoothing the gutter
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- Samuel welded some molds to make curb blocks
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- Each one of these weighs about 250lbs
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- If your mind is in the gutter you will appreciate this quality that reflects the good work that goes on inside of our hospital
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- Tropical island with palm trees
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- Our new rock dirt and gravel bays
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- Planning the day
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- Beauty and peace welcome you through our front doors
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- Highlighting nature
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- The chapel at night surrounded by our ramp for transporting to the second floor
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- Laguerre – chief of painting
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- New paint around the chapel
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- Shutting down the evening in peace
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- Fresh paint and landscaping in front of HAH
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- Our CEO Jere Chrispens and wife Marian head to the airport with Michel. The first 7 of the 3062 mile voyage to Los Angeles are the most dangerous and often times involve negotiations with armed gangsters
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- Peace, love and beauty. Bonne Journée.
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Thanks for sharing the update and wonderful pictures. Looks like there is always work to be done at Hah! Campus improvements are looking great! Praying for the unrest that surrounds you to settle down. Stay safe May your hearts and courage be strong as you continue your service there!
?♥️ Virginia Chamberlain