This week a medical team from Florida arrived on the ground in La Gonave. The six-person team, which was made up of two surgeons, one general practicioner, three nurses, and other medical personnel was joined by an anesthesiologist from Canada. After arriving late Thursday afternoon, the team was able to connect with the staff at the Wesleyan Hospital. And in just two days, they were able to successfully complete over ten operations, which included at least one caserean section, a DNC, a hysterectomy, and two lumpectomies.
While this surgical team hurried to finish up their last surgeries of the day, the Scotland Lemonaid team arrived for another resource drop off. This team, four strong, brought in several pounds of medical supplies as well as four duffle bags of food to restock the guesthouse. The team is continuing to gather information about needed medical supplies and preparing for the hospital rebuild they are sponsoring here.
Once the supplies had been delivered and the surgeries finished, the two teams took off on the Breezy Sea to head back to their three home countries respectively. But the island will not stay quiet for long.
Tomorrow the Monarch Queen, a large supply boat sponsored by the New England Wesleyan District is scheduled to arrive in St. Marc. The supplies will be unloaded and stored. Then over the next few days our very own Breezy Sea will deliver the supplies to various churches on La Gonave.
