Yesterday when I posted there were 150 people admitted to the Hospital for the treatment of Cholera. This morning when we returned to the hospital there were 500 people admitted. The death toll at this point stands at 15. In Port-de-Paix hospital they say they death toll is at 38 and climbing. The pictures can't tell this story even my words on their behalf will fall short to describe the suffering.
All the waiting rooms are full of people laying on makeshift beds and cots. The courtyards are also full IV's tied to trees and hanging off the barbed wire fencing. Families stand by to give aid as well as carrying buckets of excrement for disposal. Babies and small children lay near the aged as this disease is not a respecter of persons. I saw a man in his car parked along the wall with the IV bag hanging on the antennae of his car. Mothers hold up the IV's for their children. Nurses and Lab techs attempt to care for those in need. Hearses come and go by the back gate.
To compound the problems the pumps are not working at the hospital so there is no water. It is being carried in by bucket from the spigot along the road. Filtered water is brought in for drinking. There is a man coming today from Florida who is going to fix the pump. Renel makes this trip often so we expect that tonight there may be water available again.
Pray for those who are suffering, as they lay on their beds in inescapable heat. A breeze occasionally comes by but it blows warm here. Pray for those who provide care. Pray for God's safekeeping on the children at HOH and for our little team as we serve them.
We are grateful that our team has returned to full strength. All of us are well and on the job.I will post again later today. Thanks for reading and responding.
God is good.
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