Major Doctor Yuval Levi transferring a premature baby born in the IDF field hospital to a local hospital in Haiti
Capt. Nurse Margarita Mamdov transferring a premature baby born in the IDF field hospital to a local hospital in Haiti
The IDF continues to provide different types of assistance to the local Haitian population. In this picture, Brig.-Gen. Shalom Ben Aryeh, the commander of the delegation, and Maj. Zohar Moshe, one of the commanders of the search and rescue team who pulled a 22 year old man from the rubble of a 3 story building yesterday, stand next to the bed of the rescued man.
The IDF continues to provide different types of assistance to the local Haitian population. In this picture, Brig.-Gen. Shalom Ben Aryeh, the commander of the delegation, and Maj. Zohar Moshe, one of the commanders of the search and rescue team who pulled a 22 year old man from the rubble of a 3 story building yesterday, stand next to the bed of the rescued man.
The IDF continues to provide different types of assistance to the local Hatian population. In this picture an IDF soldier helps locals, left homeless by the earthquake, to build tents and temporary shelters.
The IDF continues to provide different types of assistance to the local Hatian population. In this picture an IDF soldier helps locals, left homeless by the earthquake, to build tents and temporary shelters.
January 23rd, 2010
IDF Aid Delegation Continues Providing Assistance and Support to Haiti
The IDF aid delegation in Haiti will continue to provide assistance and support in various ways to the local population. Only Today, three water towers capable of holding up to 12 thousand liters of water each, were built by the delegation’s representatives in order to supply the residents with a water infrastructure. Shelters and tents have also been constructed in order to provide refuge for those who have lost their homes. Civil engineers in The Israeli delegation in Haiti also opened central traffic routes that had been blocked in the aftermath of the earthquake.
These missions were enabled through the computer analysis of aerial photographs of the area of Port- Au-Prince, stricken by the earthquake, providing real time situation analysis.
Thus far, 720 people have been treated at the IDF field hospital, 233 life-saving surgeries were performed, 10 babies were delivered, two of which in Caesarean births. Most of the patients currently being cared for in the field hospital are considered to be in moderate condition.
Today, 15 patients from the Israeli field hospital in Haiti will be transferred to the U.S. Navy hospital ship “Comfort” in order to receive further medical treatment. This transfer was coordinated with the American delegation in Haiti. Additionally, two premature babies delivered in the Israeli field hospital will be transferred to a local hospital later today.
The Haitian government announced on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 that the rescue efforts in the country have officially ended. The IDF rescue teams have began to operate based on specific indications or calls for help.
Also on Friday, a 22-year-old Haitian man was saved by the Israeli Search and Rescue team from the ruins of a three-story building, near the presidential residence in the southern side of the city. The rescue was enabled due to information received by Population Management officers from the Home Front Command directed to the location of the trapped man by local residents. The man was transferred to the IDF field hospital in stable condition in order to receive further medical treatment.
On Sunday, the Home Front Command will conduct a status assessment regarding the IDF’s future activity in Haiti.
The Israeli field hospital was established in order to provide a first response to the citizens of Haiti until the arrival of additional medical forces capable of dealing with the magnitude of the situation.
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During the day, January 22, 2010, an IDF search and rescue team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, rescued a 22 year old man, who had been trapped under the rubble of a building near the presidential palace for nearly 10 days. He was taken to the IDF field hospital in stable condition.
A search conducted by Population Management officers from the Home Front Command, headed by Lt. Col. Rami Peletz, were directed to the location of the trapped man by local residents.
American and French doctors were unable to rescue the trapped man and called upon the Israeli delegations search and rescue teams who rescued the man within half an hour, from a tunnel, 2.5-3-meters long and were able to release him whole and healthy, said Maj. Zohar Moshe, a member of the rescue team.
Mike, a four year old Hatian boy, who was brought to the IDF field hospital in Port-au-Prince this morning by his father because of vomiting and weakness. Mike, his two siblings and his parents had been living on the street since the earthquake because their house was destroyed.
Dr. Amit Assa ran blood tests, and diagnosed him with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, most likely M5. Given the diagnosis, Mike will most likely need chemotherapy and probably a bone marrow transplant.
Because the IDF field hospital is not equipped to deal with such long-term and complex treatments, and because his condition was urgent, we tried to find an organization to arrange for him to go to the United States and recieve treatment there. There was an overwhelming and rapid response from many different individuals and organizations, and a few hours ago a group called “God’s Planet” came to the field hospital to pick up Mike and take him to Miami Hospital where he will be recieving treatment for his cancer.
Mike, with his father and Dr. Ran Sagi and Dr. Amit Assa
Mike, age 4, diagnosed with Leukemia, will be treated at Miami hospital
22 January 2010
After nearly 10 days, an Israeli Search and Rescue team saved a 22-year-old Haitian man from the ruins of a three-story building, near the presidential residence in the southern side of the city. The man was transferred to the IDF field hospital in stable condition and is currently receiving further medical care.
A search conducted by Population Management officers from the Home Front Command, headed by Lt. Col. Rami Peletz, were directed to the location of the trapped man by local residents.
“American and French doctors were unable to rescue the trapped man and called upon the Israeli delegation’s search and rescue teams who rescued the man within half an hour, from a tunnel, 2.5-3-meters long and were able to release him whole and healthy,” said Maj. Zohar Moshe, a member of the rescue team.
