WE HAVE A MAJOR-- THEY WILL JOIN US LIVE >> THE SITUATION IN HAITI IS
GRIM, A WEEK AFTER THAT 7.2
MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS
CENTERED ON THE SOUTHWEST
PENINSULA.
>> SO MANY IN SOUTH FLORIDA ARE
ON THE FRONT LINES OF MOBILIZING
MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND GETTING
PERSONNEL TO THOSE HARDEST HIT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CONNECTING
THEM TO PORT-AU-PRINCE WHERE THE
AIRPORT IS IS WASHED OUT AND OR
TAKEN OVER BY GANGS.
NEVER THE LESS, DOCTORS, NURSES
AND HUMANITARIANS ARE GOING IN.
DR. BART GREEN IS A RENOWNED
SURGEON, LEADING MEDICAL
MISSIONS TO THAITI FOR DECADES
UNDER THE PROJECT MEDI CARE
BANNER AND WE HAVE A RESPIRATORY
THERAPIST ON THE GROUND THERE.
THE TBROWP VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR IN
HAITI AND WE WELCOME YOU BOTH,
BART GREEN, GREAT TO YOU HAVE,
ARE YOU SORT OF AN ICON IN SOUTH
FLOOR DO.
>> ICON TO US, WELCOME, WE’RE
GLAD TO STEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT’S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR
EFFORTS AND HOPEFULLY CORRECT
SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON AND WHAT THE
POTENTIAL IS FOR US TO CHANGE
THE SITUATION.
>> A GREAT, LET’S BEGIN THERE.
TALK ABOUT WHATEVER
MISCONCEPTIONS ARE OUT THERE AND
CORRECT THEM.
>> I BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE
SEVERITY OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND
THE STORM WHICH RAPIDLY FOLLED.
AND IT STILL IS A MAJOR CRISIS
ON THE GROUND.
AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE PERISHED AND
TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ARE
INJURED.
AND EVERYDAY VERY LARGE NUMBERS
ARE BEING AIRLIFTED BY A
COALITION THAT WE MEET WITH
EVERY DAY ON A ZOOM CALL AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GLOBAL
INSTITUTE WITH MEDICARE TO
COORDINATE THE CALL AND WITH
GOVERNMENT AND NONDPOFT
ORGANIZES, WITH ALL THE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
SO CRITICAL FOR BRINGING THE
RELIEF THAT IS NECESSARY IN THE
SHORT TERM TO PROVIDE MEDICAL
HEALTH RELIEF.
AND IN THE LONGER TERM, PEOPLE
LEFT THEIR HOMES, FOOD, WATER.
SANITATION, ALL THE ISSUES THAT
FOLLOW HURRICANES OR
EARTHQUAKES, WE HAVE HAD A
COMBINATION AND IT IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> ST A DOUBLE DISASTER AT THE
MOMENT, REALLY, LET’S BRING IT
IN REALTIME AND PAWSES WE HAVE
JUST A FEW MINUTES, I WANT TO BE
ABLE TO LET YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE NOW IS DANGER
TOO, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF
DOCTORS AND NURSES KIDNAPPED FOR
RANSOM ON THE WAY, YOUR TEAM ON
THE GROUND AND PLEASE DO INVOLVE
THE RESPIRATORY THERPUSES WITH
US ON THE PHONE, WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DO YOU
NEED?
>> WELL, SECURITY IS AN ISSUE
FOR SURE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
MSTP AND-- AND SOUTHCOM AND
OTHER AGENCIES ARE WORKING ON
TOGETHER COOPERATIVELY.
BUT THERE IS A SECURITY ISSUE
WITH REGARDS TO THE GAMES WHICH
WERE PRESENT BEFORE THE TRAGEDY
LAST WEEK.
AND THERE IS REALLY A NEED FOR A
SECURITY.
HOWEVER WE ARE PROTECTING OUR
VOLUNTEERS COMPLETELY.
THE KIDNAPPING THE ORTHOPEDIC
SURGEON WHO WORKS FOR US WAS
RETURNED SAFELY AND THE OTHER
DOCTORS NOT YET BUT THE FACT IS
PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A TIME OUT
FROM THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
>> RIGHT, DR. GREEN, COULD I
INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK YOU TO
HELP BRING IN YOUR RESPIRATORY
THERAPIST STACEY HOUSE WHO IS IN
HAITI.
SHE IS NOT ON VIDEO, SHE IS ON
THE PHONE BUT MISS HOUSE, IF YOU
COULD, TELL US WHERE YOU ARE AND
WHAT THE SITUATION IS LIKE
THERE.
>> YES, SO I AM AT THE NATIONAL
AIR REPORT HERE WE HAVE A TRI
ANGING STATION-- TRIAGING
STATION SET UP SO AS VICTIMS
FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ARE BROUGHT
IN FROM THE SOUTH, THEY WILL
STOP HERE, BE OFFLOADED FROM THE
HELICOPTER ARES AND THEN WE
COORDINATE REALLY CLOSELY WITH
THE LOCAL HOSPITALS SO THAT
WE’RE SENDING PATIENTS TO THE
CARE THAT THEY NEED.
CERTAIN HOSPITALS ARE ONLY
CAPABLE WITH CERTAIN
SPECIALTIES, SO IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE DON’T
OVERWHELM THE HOSPITALS AND WE
GET THE PATIENTS BACK HERE.
>> SO YOU ARE SENDING PATIENTS
TO PORT-AU-PRINCE, HOW DO YOU
GET THEM THERE, BY HELICOPTER,
BY PLANE.
>> SO I’M IN PORT-AU-PRINCE AT
THE AIRPORT.
SO THE HELICOPTERS WILL COME
FROM THE SOUTH WITH PATIENTS.
COME TO THE AIRPORT, THEY’RE
YAWFER LOADED.
WE TRIAGE THEM AND THEN WE HAVE
SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
WITH AMBULANCES THAT WILL TAKE
THEM.
>> STACEY AND DR. GREEN, WE
APOLOGIZE, WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
WE CAN TRY THIS AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK