HAITI EARTHQUAKE

Please donate today to support SIGN Surgeons who are already treating patients injured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince Haiti on August 14.

Immediately after the quake we asked SIGN Surgeons how we can help. With 15 SIGN  Programs in the country, there is significant local capacity to provide trauma surgery for people injured by collapsed building and falling debris.

Dr. Pierre Woolley requested a resupply of implants for his hospital and to distribute to other SIGN  Surgeons in the country, and we immediately sent a large shipment.

Dr. Dylan Nugent, a former SIGN Program Manager for a mission hospital in Kenya, contacted us before traveling to Haiti to support surgeons at Centre De Sante Lumiere Hospital. We sent him with a SIGN Starter Set so he can perform surgery, train local  surgeons, and establish a SIGN Program. The lead surgeon at Centre De Sante Lumiere says that they have been operating, but nearly a week after the earthquake there were 100 patients still waiting for surgery to stabilize a broken bone. This donated set of instruments and implants will address the immediate need for surgery, as well as provide a long term solution for fracture care in the community.

All donations made on this page will support SIGN Surgeons responding in Haiti, and to disasters and conflicts as they arise.