WE ARE IN HAITI

RE:       South Florida Doctors Deliver Disaster Relief for Haiti:

For Immediate Release:  January 14, 2010 Hialeah, Florida:

The Doctors are coming – The Doctors are coming  Health Experts Leadership Providers (www.ssfin.org), a organization of volunteer primary-care doctors is providing international medical relief to the victims of the January 12 Hatian earthquake and is accepting donations to deliver medical relief for the hundreds of thousands hurt and will become sick with no one to help.   

Senior Technical Advisor for MSH, George Dubuche, MD stated, “We are so grateful that SSF will be here again to assist in our devastating situation.  In 2008 they assisted in several medical missions in Haiti in the aftermath of Ike and Gustav. Their participation in medical efforts assisted many helpless victims of both hurricane Ike and Gustavo.  We welcome the SSF team of volunteer doctors both general medicine practitioners, and specialists as they have been proven to be highly qualified and will contribute selflessly, tirelessly and with great dedication to their profession as they did in 2008.  SSF is there for us when we need them.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart“.

SSF in already on the Ground in Haiti   Because of our assistance most recently in Haiti for Hurricane …. We have ongoing doctors in Haiti donating service.  These Doctors are being reassigned to address disaster-related patients.  Additionally 8 doctors and 8 translators are preparing to depart south Florida to assist Haiti.  SSF has established internal contacts for deployment of health professionals to treat victims of the January 12^th earthquake.  Because of our experience with disasters understand the issues and bring our unique services.  We helped the recovery for Andrew and Wilma and Katrina in New Orleans and we were in Haiti for Hurricane Ike and Gustavo in 2008.

About SSF and HELP   HELP (Health Experts Leadership Providers) is a major program operating under the nonprofit organization Solidaridad Sin Fronteras (SSF) which was founded in January 2004.  Its mission is to provide humanitarian aid, medical prevention, health care, education, scientific research and management of natural resources and environment at local, national and international level.  Since 2007 SSF has given humanitarian aid and assistance to over 700 disadvantage people.  Through the SSF and its International Doctors Program one-of-a-kind advisory services to healthcare professionals are supported globally.  The Ready to Help Program assists low income populations in South Florida and those communities hit hard by major natural disasters.  

Partners Include: SSF coordinates with American Red Cross, Miami-Dade Community College, School of Medicine-University of Miami, Miami Medical Team Foundation.  

Contact Information: For more information please contact Julio Alfonso, MD, President/CEO of SSF (305) 884-4110.  Check are payable to SSF-Haitian Relief.  Send them to P.O. Box. 832814, Miami Fl 33283 or go online and donate www.ssf.org_.

Did you know: 

Haiti, a small Caribbean country, had to experience the nature’s fury when on January 13, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 rocked its capital Port au Prince. This earthquake is being termed as one of the deadliest natural disasters ever happened. The epicenter of this quake was just 25 kilometers away from the capital, Port au Prince with a focus at just 13 kilometers below the surface. Hitherto, the earthquake in 16th century China was termed as the most devastating which killed over 0.8 million people. The exact number of casualties in Haiti is not clear as the entire capital is in rubbles. The homes, government offices and buildings, Parliament and the buildings of the UN, hospitals etc., all are destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people are assumed to be still buried under the debris. According to initial estimates, death toll has reached somewhere 50000-100000. It is estimated that after the clearance of the debris, this number may reach 0.4-0.5 million.