Sukhwinder, one of our team members, is also a recent graduate from Medical School. Because of his medical training, he’s been helping out at the University of Miami’s field hospital in addition to helping out in the daily langar. Being at the hospital puts him at the front lines of a lot of the suffering that’s taking place here. It also exposes him to a lot of interesting experiences. Just the other day, he helped deliver a baby! It was pretty dramatic. A woman was rushed into the hospital and before long, Sukhwinder was working with another doctor to help deliver the woman’s 4th child. Within 10 minutes of her arrival, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy! 
There are hundreds of patients at the University of Miami field hospital and a lot of the injuries, illnesses and infections being treated there are extremely sad to witness.
Over the weekend, Sukhwinder also went to set up a community clinic in a mountainous area just outside of Port-au-Prince. He was gone for 3 days and saw around 100 patients a day along with a couple of other Sikh doctors. It was really sad to realize that most of the people up there had not seen a doctor in years. Some of them had never seen a doctor in their lives. Doctors are sorely needed in this country.
We’ve been combining the langar and medical aspects of our sevaa here. Yesterday, we went out to an orphanage of 400 kids to deliver food, toys and other items. Sukhwinder and some other Sikh doctors also provided a medical checkup for many of the kids.
Our time in Haiti is winding down but we’re working as hard as we can until the last minute.
Take Care,
Team Kitsilano
Thanks for keeping us posted. It’s important for the people of Haiti that these efforts not pass into oblivion It’s all to easy to forget the needs of Haitians when their desperate plight is no longer a media sensation. But for the people of Haiti the aid relief they have received is just a beginning on their long road to recovery.