French Red Cross Doctor Aleth Abidine selecting people who appear to be the most in need of medical services in order to help them first. This young boy was severely dehydrated and was given fluids over a period of several hours to help him recover.
Haitian Red Cross volunteer Fabiola in Mouline communicating with the team using radios. This is often how the teams communicate with one another as phone networks haven’t been established consistently in many places since Hurricane Matthew.
Haitian Red Cross volunteers hand out registration forms to people lined up to be treated by a mobile clinic in the town of Mouline.
Young patient with chicken pox and his mother at a Red Cross mobile clinic in the town of Mouline. The mountainous community was heavily affected, and nearly one month later, this is the first time the community has received healthcare services.
Canadian Red Cross Doctor Jason Creaghan treats patients at a mobile clinic in the community of Mouline. The remote community in the mountains was badly affected by Hurricane Matthew.
Canadian Red Cross nurse Joan Brooks fills prescription for patient at a mobile clinic in the community of Mouline. The Red Cross is the first team to provide medical services here since the hurricane hit.
French Red Cross doctor Aleth Abidine examines young girl at a mobile clinic in the community of Mouline.
Canadian Red Cross Doctor and specialist in community health Shelley-Rose Hyppolite treats a patient at a mobile clinic in the town of Mouline.
Red Cross mobile clinic deputy team leader Patrick Raymond talks to community members in Mouline who are waiting to be treated. That day, 151 patients were seen by doctors and nurses.
The Canadian Red Cross has deployed a team of 9 trained and experienced aid workers to help set up and run the clinic. Photo courtesy: France Hurtubise/Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross team will bring a variety of skills and experience, including medical and nursing expertise and psychosocial support. This is a joint deployment with the French Red Cross. Photo courtesy: France Hurtubise/Canadian Red Cross
The mobile clinic is operating in the Grand Anse region. Photo courtesy: France Hurtubise/Canadian Red Cross
Photos courtesy: Nicole Robicheau / Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross mobile health clinic has now been set up and operating out of Jeremie in the Grand Anse region. The clinic makes health services immediately accessible to some of the most vulnerable who are in high need of health assistance. Patients have been seen at the mobile clinic have been treated for infections, stress, anxiety, pneumonia and muscular problems. These photos are from when the
mobile clinic was in the community of Mouline. The remote community in the mountains was badly affected by Hurricane Matthew. This is the first time the community is receiving health services nearly one month after the hurricane.
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mobile clinic will provide services in hard to reach places for common infections such as cholera and malaria, to offer basic prenatal care, treatment of minor trauma and wounds, immunization, and care for people with chronic diseases.