Video of IDF Field Hospital set up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January 2010

Posted on January 18, 2010 by idfspokesperson

The IDF field hospital is currently the most advanced medical facility in the area, with intensive care units and operating rooms, as well as over 40 doctors and specialists. Currently 39 surgeries have been performed on survivors of the earthquake and 4 babies have been delivered.

Video of IDF field hospital set up in soccer field in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Footage includes images of the premature baby born at the hospital today, and comments by the hospital commander, Col. Dr. Itzik Kryce.
The IDF field hospital is currently the most advanced medical facility in the area, with intensive care units and operating rooms, as well as over 40 doctors and specialists. Currently 39 surgeries have been performed on survivors of the earthquake and 4 babies have been delivered.

Pictures: Lt. Col. Dr. Avi Abergel, Israeli Delegation’s Gynaecologist, With Newborn, 18 Jan 2010

Posted on January 18, 2010 by idfspokesperson

Lt. Col. Dr. Avi Abergel, the Israeli Delegation's Gynaecologist, with a new born baby.

Lt. Col. Dr. Avi Abergel, the Israeli Delegation's Gynaecologist, with a newborn baby.

Additional IDF Delegation Headed to Haiti Tonight, 18 January 2010

Posted on January 18, 2010 by idfspokesperson

January 18^th

Additional IDF Delegation Headed by the OC Home Front Command Scheduled to Depart to Haiti Tonight

In order to assist in the ongoing relief efforts, an additional IDF aid delegation is scheduled to depart to Haiti overnight. The delegation will be headed by the OC Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan and will also include the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eytan Chai-Am and Surgeon General, Brig. Gen., Nachman Ash.

The delegation will deliver relief reinforcements that include medicine and additional equipment. Upon its arrival, the delegation will examine the needs of the IDF medical staff on the scene.

The field hospital established by the IDF is one of the most advanced and includes a medical lab, pharmacy and an x-ray center. Approximately 200 patients were admitted to the hospital thus far, most of them in moderate condition. Furthermore, 25 life-saving surgeries and three births, one of which was the delivery of a 1.8 Kilogram premature baby, were carried out.

During the day, nine American volunteers from Los Angeles joined the Israeli delegation in the field hospital in addition to the ongoing cooperation with UN forces and other search and rescue units present in the disaster zone.

Two rescue crews led by the commanders of the Home Front Command Search and Rescue Unit are also operating in the disaster stricken area in effective cooperation with the local residents

Pictures: Premature Baby Delivered in IDF Field Hospital in Haiti, 18 Jan 2010

Posted on January 18, 2010 by idfspokesperson

Doctor Major Yuval Levi and Nurse Captain Margarita Memdov treat a premature baby delivered in the IDF field hospital in Haiti earlier this morning weighing 1.8 kilograms.

Doctor Major Yuval Levi and Nurse Captain Margarita Memdov are pictured treating a premature baby delivered in the IDF field hospital in Haiti earlier this morning weighing 1.8 kilograms.

Pictures: 9 L.A. Doctors Join Israeli Medical Team in Haiti, 18 Jan 2010

Posted on January 18, 2010 by idfspokesperson

Today the IDF medical team was joined by 9 volunteers from Los Angeles. This comes in addition to the cooperation of U.N. forces and search and rescue teams that are in the area.

The IDF medical officers brief the volunteers