Here are a couple of websites my brother Bill found that show information about the Adventist Hospital (pre-quake) and other facilities the organization runs.
This site (click here) is not in English, so the link will take you through the Yahoo Translation service. It is for the Adventist University which the hospital is part of.
This site (click here) is a blog, it only has pictures though. You will see the UNAH (Universite Adventist de'Haiti) on the lawn that is in one of the Google Satellite images I posted the other day.
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Showing posts with label Adventist Hospital. Show all posts
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hospital Adventist on Google Satellite
In these three images (click on them to see larger versions) you can see how things have changed around the hospital since the earthquake struck. The first image is from August, well before the disaster, then you have two images post disaster. The second image is from January 13th (the day after) and the final image is from January 21st.
Another call from Chris - Where they are
I received another call from Chris at about 4:45 PM PST, she was in her tent at this point, pretty exhausted, much clearer phone call this time.
With her help I think I located where they are at, I have some pictures below that I will describe shortly. I am trying to confirm that this is correct with the base camp and will advise when that is the case.
She reiterated the mass devastation, it is like a war zone, bodies everywhere, people everywhere, chaos. Things are very disorganized, which is not surprising at this point. She felt tomorrow, her first real day with patients, will be very eye opening.
I found on Google Earth the Hospital Adventist and described the shape, driveway and surrounding areas to Chris. The name is right and the description sounded right to her, so I believe this is where the team is located right now and will be based out of. The Google Earth pictures are post earthquake, taken just 7 days ago on January 21st (if you click on the pictures you can see them larger). You can see all of the tarp tents surrounding the hospital. Chris said she is across the street in a tent city, I marked this on the map (first picture) with an A.
The other map shows a wider view of Port au Prince as well as the airport that they came into, the straight line distance between the airport and the hospital is just under 7 miles. She said on the way there they drove by the capital buildings which were destroyed. This short drive I guess took most of the afternoon.
Below the two pictures I have a link to the hospital with the web based Google Maps, so if you click on that you will be able to browse around the map to get a better idea as to where things are.
View Haiti - Hospital Adventist in a larger map
With her help I think I located where they are at, I have some pictures below that I will describe shortly. I am trying to confirm that this is correct with the base camp and will advise when that is the case.
She reiterated the mass devastation, it is like a war zone, bodies everywhere, people everywhere, chaos. Things are very disorganized, which is not surprising at this point. She felt tomorrow, her first real day with patients, will be very eye opening.
I found on Google Earth the Hospital Adventist and described the shape, driveway and surrounding areas to Chris. The name is right and the description sounded right to her, so I believe this is where the team is located right now and will be based out of. The Google Earth pictures are post earthquake, taken just 7 days ago on January 21st (if you click on the pictures you can see them larger). You can see all of the tarp tents surrounding the hospital. Chris said she is across the street in a tent city, I marked this on the map (first picture) with an A.
The other map shows a wider view of Port au Prince as well as the airport that they came into, the straight line distance between the airport and the hospital is just under 7 miles. She said on the way there they drove by the capital buildings which were destroyed. This short drive I guess took most of the afternoon.
Below the two pictures I have a link to the hospital with the web based Google Maps, so if you click on that you will be able to browse around the map to get a better idea as to where things are.
View Haiti - Hospital Adventist in a larger map
One word: Devastation
Spoke with Chris just now and she says what you see in the media does not do justice for the amount of devastation there is in Haiti. Unfortunately the satellite phone quality is not great, we got dropped a couple times and she has heard from others that it is bad for everyone. But I did get a little information out of her.
She is not completely sure where she is, she said it is at an Adventist Hospital, I'll try to find out from base camp exactly where that is and post information. She said it took a long time to get there and everything is just destroyed all around, even where she is now. She has not seen a patient yet, sounds like that will take place starting tomorrow. Her understanding is that they will be starting at the hospital then venturing out to deal with folks outside of the hospital.
There is no sense of law and order, no police or law enforcement to be seen and it's a little scary from that respect as well as the sheer amount of devastation. She is upset that she did not bring some sort of video camera or better camera setup (our smaller point and shoot is broken, should have just bought a cheap one for her to take with her), all she has is a couple disposable cameras and she is already finished with one of them. Others on the team do have cameras though so I will try to get some stuff from them as well to post when they get back.
I probably will not hear from her until sometime tomorrow, but the news at this point is that they have arrived at the area where they will be working and will begin to try and help tomorrow.
She is not completely sure where she is, she said it is at an Adventist Hospital, I'll try to find out from base camp exactly where that is and post information. She said it took a long time to get there and everything is just destroyed all around, even where she is now. She has not seen a patient yet, sounds like that will take place starting tomorrow. Her understanding is that they will be starting at the hospital then venturing out to deal with folks outside of the hospital.
There is no sense of law and order, no police or law enforcement to be seen and it's a little scary from that respect as well as the sheer amount of devastation. She is upset that she did not bring some sort of video camera or better camera setup (our smaller point and shoot is broken, should have just bought a cheap one for her to take with her), all she has is a couple disposable cameras and she is already finished with one of them. Others on the team do have cameras though so I will try to get some stuff from them as well to post when they get back.
I probably will not hear from her until sometime tomorrow, but the news at this point is that they have arrived at the area where they will be working and will begin to try and help tomorrow.
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