Medical Outreach in Port-au-Prince

Update from Dr. Henri Ford (received January 21st, 6:51 p.m.) “It’s been a tiring 24-36 hour period.  Our team has been trying to reach as many injured patients as possible from the surrounding community to coordinate more comprehensive health care: Urgent care including operations Short- and long-term follow up care Logistics of food and water [...]

Camp Fixer

Just wanted to share with our readers a news piece on Southern California Public Radio’s site featuring other ways that Dr. Henri Ford is helping besides offering medical expertise.  In this piece, he is characterized as being “the camp fixer:” “At this point, Henri Ford walks up. He’s a native Haitian, a surgeon with positions [...]

Dr. Ford on abc7 with David Ono

David Ono Interviews Dr. Ford

Watch the video footage of Dr. Henri Ford being interviewed by David Ono of abc7′s Eyewitness News.  Ono interviews Ford about: His establishment of a clinic on site How this work is a homecoming for him Collaboration with physicians at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles  Thank you David Ono and abc7 for sharing the work that Dr. Ford [...]

Dr. Ford interview on abc7 Eyewitness News

Dr. Henri Ford was recently interviewed by David Ono of abc7 “Eyewitness News,” and we’ve just been advised that the interview will be aired at 6:00 p.m. tonight. More about Dr. Henri Ford More about David Ono Visit the site of abc7 News

Gheskio Operating Rooms Functional

Update from Dr. Henri Ford, surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (January 19, 2010): “The operating rooms are fully functional and we are seeing many infected wounds (many where gangrene has already set in).  We’re also seeing a seemingly endless number of fractures, many of which  require amputation because there has been no one able to care for [...]

Moving to Gheskio Clinic

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Update from Dr. Henri Ford (Monday, January 18th 9:18 p.m.): “Our team just moved to the Gheskio Clinic, which is closer to the epicenter of the earthquake.  Setting up the operating rooms tonight. Several cases lined up for the morning already. Many people (hundreds if not thousands) are living in tents just outside the clinic [...]

Dr. Ford mentioned in CNN Video

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CNN referred to Dr. Ford as they provided an update of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s surgical efforts on the USS Carl Vinson.  Dr. Ford is mentioned approximately half-way through the video clip.  Watch the video Leave your comments of encouragement for Dr. Henri Ford’s efforts

Surgeon-in-Chief Provides Care in Haiti

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Henri Ford, MD our surgeon-in-chief, is a Haitian native and arrived on scene in Port-Au-Prince on Saturday, January 16th to provide medical care.  Currently he is stationed at the U.S. Embassy.  We’re reprinting his first official report on his activities to intervene on behalf of children in desparate need of medical support.      “I have been on [...]

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