Health

"Hospital St. Croix- Leogane, Haiti" is a Leogane based hospital under the ownership of the Episcopal Church of Haiti (EEH) that operates in association with the American the Presbyterian Church. The hospital has 120 general beds for patients. The medical programs of the hospital were initiated by Reverend Pierre Thevenot in 1968 with the donation of a small dispensary by Mrs. Edith Cutler who was a regular patron of many important programs undertaken by the Episcopal Church. In the beginning, under the initial physician-directorship of Dr. Etienne, the dispensary had space for two wards only without any inpatient bed. Thereafter, in 1973-74, with the construction of expanded facilities, EEH entered into a partnership with the U.S. Presbyterian Church based in Atlanta.

Hospital St. Croix- Leogane was created out of a call by the Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) in 1963 to involve committed Presbyterian physicians to serve others around the world. Today it is a fully functional hospital that serves over 250,000 people in the area through its 24 hours emergency room, four operating rooms and laboratory testing facilities. It also trains and supplies several hundred midwives and community health workers to the more remote regions of the country.

Other Hospitals in the general area:

Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre
Hospital Saint-François de Sales
Hospital St Louis(Doctors without borders (MSF), French)

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St. François de Sales Hospital has been recently designated as a university teaching hospital under the University of Notre Dame of Haiti. The hospital was established in Port-au-Prince in 1881. Before the earthquake in 2010, the hospital employed 291 people and had 117 beds. The devastating earthquake destroyed 80% of the hospital building and took lives of nearly 140 patients and staff members.

Since the violent tremor, it is operating in tents, offering simple acceptable level of comfort and quality care. Now, at the original site of St. François de Sales Hospital in the heart of Port-au-Prince, a modern, 120-plus bed teaching hospital is taking shape. During the period of construction, the present facilities will relocate temporarily--for about 12 to18 months, to the Grand Seminary of Notre Dame of Cazeau, approximately twelve miles from the current site.

Rue Chareron - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
509-222-5033

Some more Hospitals in Departement Ouest, Haiti:
Hopital Georges Gauvin de Petit Goave/ Grand-Goave
Hospital Sainte-Croix, Léogâne
Hospital Universitaire de la Paix
Hospital Universite D'Etat
Hospital Espoir, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Grâce pour Enfants, Port-au-Prince
Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic

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Hospital Asile Francais (Hôpital Français ) is located at 378 Rue du Centre, next to next to Morne A Tuf in West department, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Hospital has a length of 340 meters. The Hospital Asile Francais is presently administered by Marie Kately Desamour (Telephone: 3766-9397/ 3932-9257). The Medical Director of the hospital is Jean Bazelais Elie (Telephone: 3446-3558/ 3557-4179). You can contact the hospital at :Hopital.francais@yahoo.fr or over telephone: 2222-4242/2323/ 2223-9988/79.

More Hospitals in the area:
Centre Hospitalier Du Sacre Coeur
Diquini Hospital - (Adventist Hospital)
Hopital Asile Francais d'Haiti
Hospital Bernard Mevs
Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre
Hospital Saint-François de Sales
Hospital St Louis(Doctors without borders (MSF), French)

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L'Hôpital de la Communauté Haïtienne or the Haitian Community Hospital was established in 1984 with a mission to provide quality preventive health care, treatment and health education to the Haitian people and deliver high quality practical training to the medical professionals. With other 30 public and private hospitals in the West Department, the Haitian Community Hospital is the key institution in the health system within the region. This clinic of hope is a non-profit making, non-government organization built by a foundation created in 1972, which is presently managed by the Haitian Health and Education Foundation (La Fondation Haïtienne de la Santé et de l'Education). HCH is the only privately owned hospital in the county of Pétion-Ville and the largest non-government hospital in the metropolitan area of the capital city that has set a trend to build privately owned hospital in the country. It is the only hospital in the area with Intensive Care Unit, three operating rooms and two delivery rooms. With 75 beds it primarily serves Haitians with low and moderate incomes.

Hospital de la Communauté Haïtienne has a long track record of participation in many public welfare programs like providing essential health education on relevant topics, like AIDS and Tuberculosis, etc. It also organizes immunization campaigns, health fair and informational meetings. The hospital through its 75 in-patient beds and out-patient department serves around 80,000 patients annually and it is committed to extend its support to the most disadvantaged sections of the area. It has future plans to serve the entire neighboring population of the Pétion-Ville commune (283,052 inhabitants) and Delmas (679,650 inhabitants).

Rue Audant, Rte de Frères - Petion-Ville, Haiti
(509) 2513-0983 - (509) 3464-0788

Additional Hospitals in Petion-Ville, Haiti:

Clinique Maternité de Pétion-Ville
Clinique Chirurgicale Lambert Sante, Pétionville
Hospital De Fermathe (Baptist Mission)
Hospital Eliazar Germain, Petion-Ville
Hospital de la Communauté Haïtienne, Pétionville
PULMOMED-24 Hour Life Support

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Here is the picture of a dog in Haiti responsible mainly for transferring rabies to human.

Rabies in Haiti has been on the rise since the 2010 earthquake. The disaster made many pets homeless, especially stray dogs. Rabies is lethal. Once a victim has been bitten by an infected animal, death is a certainty.

The first line of prevention lies in getting dogs and cats regularly vaccinated. When bitten by an infected animal the first thing is to wash the bite thoroughly with soap and water, then contact a medical professional immediately.

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It is estimated that close to 25% of Haitian children are suffering from intestinal parasites.

A study conducted by Ministry of Public Health and Population; Ministry of Education, and National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation reveals 25% of children from 6 to 15 are infected with intestinal parasites.

Haiti has no quarantine law, and Haitians don't understand the deadly consequences of the parasites: abdominal pain, anemia, memory loss, and in some cases death.

Mobile school clinics have been deworming the student population ". . . but re-contamination is problematic."

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The needs for a modern well run good pediatric hospital in Haiti is always great. Hospital Espoir or Hope Hospital has already 20 years of service to its credit. The hospital building that withstood the earthquake of 2010 was first constructed in 1993 to take care of the sick children on an outpatient basis. A year later, in 1994, full pediatric service was ready. Today, the fifty beds Hope Hospital is operating under the guidance of its Medical Director Dr. Max Dernnisante and the Executive Director Dr. Darlene Gousse. After the earthquake, the hospital has added other services like orthopedic and trauma care to meet the needs of patients.

In August 2011, Compassionate Resource Warehouse in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, has donated an ambulance to Hospital Espoir . Besides their regular medical staff, the hospital is supported by outside Haitian specialist doctors. The hospital has two operating rooms, a delivery room, neonatology care, emergency room, departments for ultrasonography, radiology, urology, pharmacy and a laboratory that operates seven days a week.
Some additional Hospitals in the area:

Centre Hospitalier Du Sacre Coeur
Diquini Hospital - (Adventist Hospital)
Hopital Asile Francais d'Haiti
Hospital Bernard Mevs
Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre
Hospital Saint-François de Sales
Hospital St Louis(Doctors without borders (MSF), French)

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Clinique Maternité de Pétion-Ville is located next to Pétionville and is in Ouest Department in Haiti. Maternité de Pétion-Ville has a length of 60 meters. The clinic is supervised by its present Medical Director: Dr. Georges Charles who can be contacted at: 3443-3388 and 3730-8791. The other contact details of the clinic are as follows.

Address: 1, Rue Goulard, Petionville (near Place Boyer), Haiti. Phone : (509) 29 43 11 60 ; (509) 22 26 02 00 and Email :climapev01@yahoo.fr

Some more Health facilities in the area near Clinique Maternité de Pétion-Ville:
Clinique Maternité de Pétion-Ville
Clinique Chirurgicale Lambert Sante, Pétionville
Hospital De Fermathe (Baptist Mission)
Hospital Eliazar Germain, Petion-Ville
Hospital de la Communauté Haïtienne, Pétionville
PULMOMED-24 Hour Life Support

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In the early 1960s, when the founders of the International Child Care Jim and Virginia Snavley visited Haiti for the first time they were shocked to witness the sight of dying children in the street from malnutrition, tuberculosis and many other illnesses. They felt God's call to stand by these destitute and opened a small clinic--this is how Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic began. For the last 40 years, Grace Children's Hospital has served millions of individuals who came to its door regardless of every circumstance, belief and background. In the beginning there were a handful of beds with limited facilities but gradually the support and capacity began to grow with the thanks to the help of International Child Care, Churches, General Board of Global Ministries and individuals. After the 2010 earthquake, in addition to its continuing regular programs on inpatient and outpatient departments, the hospital served as the main food and water distribution center.

Contact : Delmas 31 # 38, Port-au-Prince Haiti ; Tel: 3727-5579/ 3401-2269, rudy.magloire@yahoo.fr

Hospitals in the West Departement, near Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic :
Centre Hospitalier Du Sacre Coeur
Diquini Hospital - (Adventist Hospital)
Hopital Asile Francais d'Haiti
Hospital Bernard Mevs
Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre
Hospital Saint-François de Sales
Hospital St Louis(Doctors without borders (MSF), French)

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'Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) or 'Doctors Without Border' is a foundation originally created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors in the aftermath of Biafra War who believed that every person has right to medical care irrespective of their belief, race, creed or political affiliation. MSF is an international and federal non-governmental humanitarian-aid organization, winner of Nobel Peace Prize. The Hospital St. Louis at Port-au-Prince, Haiti has ties with the specialist doctors, nurses and medical support staff from MSF who volunteer their expertise to treat the patients of this Haitian hospital in a regular planned way. In January 2010, trauma surgeons and orthopedic surgeons from MSF had volunteered into the nights in two surgical shifts at Hospital St. Louis for 10 days to attend earthquake victims.

Hospital St. Louis (Doctors Without Borders (MSF) presently has 300 beds and is planning to add 200 more beds shortly and this has been achieved without compromising its quality of service rendered. The hospital is located at Delmas 31, Ecole St Louis De Gonzague with full time operational surgical and medical emergencies. The important officials of the hospitals include: Dr. Richard Kayembe,

Address: Delmas 3, Ecole St Louis de Gonzague
Medical Director (Tel: 3491-8707), Mr. Michelle Beck, Hospital Director (Tel: 3491-8739) and Dr. Yann Diplo, Medical Coordinator (Tel.: 3761-4579).

More Hospitals in West Departement to select from:
Hopital Georges Gauvin de Petit Goave/ Grand-Goave
Hospital Sainte-Croix, Léogâne
Hospital Universitaire de la Paix
Hospital Universite D'Etat
Hospital Espoir, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Grâce pour Enfants, Port-au-Prince
Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic

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