Medical Emergency Relief for Haiti

Update

• The pharmaceutical industry is asked to provide medicine for 100 Physician Travel Packs and several larger shipments of medicine – the response is rapid and generous
• Two Canadian Medical Assistance Teams set up an inflatable hospital in Port au Prince and treat patients with Physician Travel Packs

• A large shipment of medicine from HPIC, including antibiotics and oral rehydration, leaves with UNICEF for their work in Haiti

• 30 PTPs are packed in Mississauga to respond to immediate requests from Canadian doctors and NGOs

• six PTPs leave the Haitian Consulate in Montreal with a team of Haitian Canadian doctors

• Medic carries two PTPs to Haiti on Red Cross mission
• two PTPs carried to Haiti through the Dominican Republic by Youth Unlimited
• Canadian nurse living in Haiti carries two PTPs to school-turned-amputation-centre
• volunteers from Ontario Power Generation pack PTPs in Mississauga
• HPIC President Glen Shepherd travels to Haiti on a free flight with Air Canada to deliver medicine to the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission

• Cdn charity Intercede receives 10 PTPs for Haiti
• two PTPS carried to the Dominican Republic to treat Haitian refugees
• volunteer team from Bayer pack PTPs in Mississauga
• donations of medicine and medical supplies "pour in" to HPIC
• small Canadian NGO carries two PTPs to Haiti
• Canadian Medical Assistance Teams carry two more PTPs to Haitii
• Empower Ministries team takes five PTPs to Haiti
• Air Canada airlifts 40 PTPs to Haiti, 20 for OMS and 20 for Sonapi Camp field hospital near airport; HPIC VP Richard Boileau is on the flight and accompanies PTPs to field hospital
• Salvation Army and Alumni Relations department at McGill University, present two benefit concerts for Haiti relief. 

• Dr. Paul Davis returns to Haiti with one PTP
• Shipment of medicine worth more than $400,000 goes to Haiti with International Child Care
• special delivery of tentanus vaccines goes to Haiti with Samaritan's Purse
• Consul General of the Dominican Republic delivers two PTPs to Haiti
• Canadian RN carries PTP to Haiti
• 40' container of medicine worth almost $900,000 leaves for Haiti with Food for the Poor
• seven more teams request PTPs for emergency medical work
• Hope International Development Agency works with HPIC to deliver medicine worth $250,000 to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Port au Prince
• International Medical Corps treats Haitian patients with supplies from 30 PTPs
• Montreal Haitians return to their development project in Les Cayes with PTPs
• more than $9 million worth of medicine and supplies received from Canadian pharmaceutical and medical supply companies