Healing Art Missions’ Mobile Medical Team has been operating in the southern peninsula since the earthquake in November of 2021, but transitioned from a short-term disaster response team to an independent mobile medical unit after the closure of the clinic in Dumay last fall.
In that short timeframe, HAM has developed a reputation as a quality, trusted medical provider in the area. Patients are now seeking HAM’s Mobile Medical Team and, in some cases, driving long distances and lining up in the early hours of the morning, to seek care.
The following chart shows the number of patients treated in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, which includes October, November, and December, compared to the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, which includes January, February, and March.
The increase in patients can be attributed to both HAM’s growing reputation and the fact that the team has been spending more time in the southern peninsula due to ongoing unrest in Port-au-Prince.