Lpar 12/26/10- Changed commune from Dessalines to Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite
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DETAILS BELOW UPDATED FROM 11/13/10 Health Cluster/PAHO List:
CHOLERA BED CAPACITY: 120 extendable to 140 per PAHO list dated 12/6/10
LOCATION: Petit Riviere de l’Artibonite
Translation - Small Riviere de l' Artibonite
MANAGING ORGANIZATION
MSF Belgique, Partners in Health//
Dr. Jonathan Medco urgence37024853
msfocb-pap-cholera-medco @ brussels.msf.org
Gabriel, Medco urgence
37024853 msfocb-pap-cholera-medco @brussels.msf.org
PRINCIPAL CONTACT Per PAHO list dated 12/6/10:
Anne Khoudiakoff 3652 7568
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As publicly stated by MSF 11/12/10:
MSF is supporting two Haitian Ministry of Health hospitals in the Artibonite Region, where the cholera outbreak originated. Medical teams are working in the main hospitals in St. Marc and Petite Riviere. Relevant medical supplies, such as intravenous fluids, catheters, and oral rehydration solution, as well as chlorine for disinfection, are also being provided. But it is outside more populated areas such as these where assistance is especially needed.
To bolster health clinics in some of the more outlying areas in the north and center of the country - in places such as Gros Morne - MSF is supplying IV solution, oral rehydration salts, IV sets, and hygiene materials. Supplies have also been provided to the hospital in the town of Port de Paix in the country’s far north. MSF is preparing cholera treatment centers in Gonaives and Bassin Bleu".
SOURCE: http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=3514314F-15C5-F00A-25D429149808AA83&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html
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Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
General Surgery
Other Services: Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Mental Health
Can reeive non-trauma urgent care
Has Ambulance
Accessible by Road
45 beds
2 ORs
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/10/29-3
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At the Charles Colimon hospital in Petite Riviere, a small community along the Artibonite, up to 400 patients were packed in every available space -- in the corridors, on floors and in tents surrounding the facility
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http://www.rexfeatures.com/live/2010/10/28/cholera_outbreak,_haiti
This 20-bed treatment centre at the Hospital Charles Colimon, set up by MSF (Doctors Without Borders), has already treated 89 pa 28 Oct 2010