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Hum an i t y Fi r s t Med ical Upda te
Decem ber 2010
Welcome to the December edition of the Humanity First medical
update. We aim to keep you
informed about our Humanity First medical activities and talk
about the latest in news and
controversies, in relation to our line of work.
Please visit us on our website www.humanityfirstmedical.org for
more about our activities or
if you would wish to contact the team.
Hum an i t y Fi r s t M ed i ca l t eam l ect u r es a t t he W
es t M id l ands F i r e
T rauma Confe rence
The West Midlands Fire Service hosted the 4th national trauma
conference on the 12th and
13th of November at the West Midlands Fire Academy in Smethwick.
The meeting was well
attended by members of UK Fire and Rescue Services, voluntary
organisations like Red Cross
and St John's Ambulance, doctors and paramedics from various NHS
trusts and the Royal
College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) faculty for pre-hospital
care.
On the opening day Kal representing Humanity First Medical
presented details of the team's
deployment in Haiti. The talk was very well received by the
audience.
Dr R ind l i sbacher , t he d i rec to r o f Spor t s Hea l th a
t t he C leve land Cl in i c
i n T o r on t o , com p le t es a t h i r d m ed i ca l m i ss
ion t o Ha i t i as pa r t o f
Hum an i t y Fi r s t ' s cho le r a r e l i e f t eam s
Estimates of infection rates in the Haiti cholera outbreak could
result in over half a million
people falling ill with the disease, according to a UN report.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-
moon stated health officials are now estimating a total of
around 650,000 infections in total,
with deaths at present running at a stated 3.6 percent. Total
deaths, however, are believed by
many volunteers in the field to be hugely underestimated.
Dr Rindlisbacher reported grimly, 'I have just returned from my
3rd medical relief mission
mission to Haiti, and my experience was of a situation thats
gone from desperate to
overwhelming. The sight of listless children carted into our
cholera treatment centre (CTC)
outrages medical practioners sense of justice. Only a day or two
earlier, these kids hadbright faces and played in the streets. Now
they look like terminal cancer patients, their
features etched with strife and dehyration.'
'In many children, the disease was so far advanced that they
faced impending vital organ
failure. Any child in Canada facing this threat would be
receiving round-the-clock care in a
sterile, high-tech intensive care unit. Yet here, dogs wander
between patient beds, IV bags
dangle from tree branches, and flies linger on the faces of
stuporous children. There are not
enough cholera beds. A 16-year-old girl stands weakly over a pan
and defecates in full view
of strangers. Under a tree, a frail, panicky grandmother pleads
for a drink of water. The
grandmothers husband discreetly shares the story of their sons
death the day before.'
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'There are some 40 cholera treatment centres across the country.
The one I was working in
serves some 60,000 people, and has a mortality rate of 10%.
Rural people dont have easy
access. They must cross treacherous rivers and difficult
terrain. And every extra minute
battling cholera without treatment takes its toll. Many people
often arrive close to death, if
they are lucky enough to arrive at all.'
Mr Shahnaw az Rasheed, Med ica l D irec to r o f Hum an i t y Fi
r s t Med ica l ,
lec tur es at t he PULSE confer ence in Leeds
Intercalating BSc Primary Care medical students from the
Academic Unit of Primary Care in
Leeds hosted a national student primary care conference on
Saturday-Sunday 20th-21st
November 2010 at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences Charles
Thackrah Building. Medical
students from across the UK presented their work in this field
(research, special study
modules, audit) whilst learning more about career opportunities
within primary care, and
general practice in particular.
Mr Shahnawaz Rasheed lectured at the conference with an
introduction to the Humanity First
Medical team's activities. Mr Rasheed emphasized on the
preparation required before missions
and in general talked about the discipline of disaster response
care. A number of medical
students have shown interest in Humanity First's work and have
contacted with a wish to workwith the team.
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