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Air Canada carries HPIC medicine to Haiti

Air Canada has responded to the call for humanitarian aid for Haiti by supplying free transportation and crew time for shipments of medicine, emergency supplies and medical personnel into the country, and for orphans and evacuees coming back to Canada.

Richard Boileau, Executive Vice-President of HPIC, was on one of several flights carrying medicine from HPIC. The cargo of that flight included 40 Physician Travel Packs - mobile medical kits destined for two NGO partners operating in different areas of the country.

Half the PTPs were delivered to OMS, a long-standing partner of HPIC that runs a clinic in the northern part of the country.

Boileau accompanied the other PTPs as they were delivered to a field hospital just outside the airport, operated by Médecins du Monde. "The personnel were delighted to see the Physician Travel Packs," reports Boileau.

"Not only do these contain a broad selection of essential medicines and supplies, but they are portable and self-contained. The doctors were very excited about carrying the PTPs with them in order to reach people who did not yet have access to medical care."

"We are very grateful to Air Canada for making this possible."