In just a few days, Henri Ford, MD, MHA, surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will fly to his native country, Haiti, to help oversee the distribution of donated pediatric medical equipment, supplies and hospital furniture. The entire shipment is valued at $326,102 and is comprised entirely of donations from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to [...]
Filed under: Donations, Haiti, Hospital News, Physicians and Clinicians on January 21st, 2013 | 1 Comment »
It’s no secret that our Chief of Surgery, Henri Ford, MD, has been very active as a volunteer during the rebuilding of Haiti after the earthquake in January 2010. Most recently, he shared with ABC7′s David Ono during one of his many visits back to the island nation. This video profiles stories of triumph—a premature baby surviving [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti on July 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
As part of our hospital’s ongoing effort to provide medical relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti, 5 nurses from our hospital’s NICCU returned for a week-long stay from May 19th until June 5th. See More Pics of our Nurses in Haiti…Click the Picture Below (L to R) Kolette Sheppard, RN; Nhu Tran, RN; [...]
Filed under: Haiti, Nurses on July 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We’re eagerly awaiting the return of our 2nd team of volunteer doctors and nurses, who have been hard at work in Haiti since arriving March 19, 2010. Before returning to Los Angeles as a part of Team #1, Michael Jordan, RN, spoke on the phone with Director of Trauma and the Pediatric Disaster Resources & [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
Today, 11 additional volunteers from our hospital departed for Haiti. Team 1 is returning this Sunday with the exception of Dr. Jim Stein and Michael Jordan, RN (who provided our last report) who will remain at the hospital for an additional two days to help transition care to Team #2. Introduction to Team #2 We [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Michael Jordan, RN Update provided by Michael Jordan, RN, pictured right On March 12, 2010, a team of 10 nurses and doctors departed Los Angeles for Haiti to volunteer much-needed medical assistance. Below is their first report after being deployed from our hospital in collaboration with Project Medishare. “The initial orientation days were long and tiring, but [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After spending two weeks providing medical assistance to victims of the Haiti earthquake, Dr. Henri Ford has returned to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Now back in Los Angeles, he is being consulted by media sources for his perspective on ongoing rescue and relief efforts in his native country. abc7 Eyewitness News In this special edition [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti on February 5th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A recent NPR article about rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti featured this photo slideshow that includes gripping images of Childrens Hospital Chief of Surgery, Dr. Henri Ford. The photos play to audio from a Morning Edition radio piece profiling rescue and reconstruction efforts currently underway. Haiti Moves Past Broken Bones To Future Needs
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Update from Dr. Henri Ford (Received January 26, 3:56 p.m.) “This is the most remarkable story I have seen these past 2 weeks! This man was just rescued from the rubble ALIVE and brought to our field hospital. He is in stable condition. I could not contain myself! There is complete jubilation in the hospital! [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti on January 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Update from Henri Ford, MD (received January 24, 7:52 p.m.) Dr. Ford’s Brothers . . . “Siblings work to heal Haiti” “This afternoon, I had a chance to visit my 2 other brothers, also physicians (pulmonologist and anesthesiologist) who came to help out as well. CNN interviewed them the other day. They are working with [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti on January 25th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
