By: Sergisson Milord
Duroné Nadège has been working at Healing Art Missions for one year and, in that time, she has become an indispensable asset to the HAM team. In her role as Head Nurse, she is the backbone of the Operating Room. She prepares supplies, sterilizes equipment, and is responsible for scheduling.
Nurse Nadège enjoys the work she does and says she enjoys helping. "I like all parts of my job. I like coming in to work in the morning to manage the operating room, talking to the patients, and preparing the materials."
Nurse Nadège's careful attention and work ethic have helped HAM's reputation grow in Haiti's southern peninsula. She shared that, prior to HAM's arrival, "There was only one surgeon for the hospital and he only worked two days per week. If there was an emergency, they had to transfer patients to another hospital or wait a week to see a surgeon. Now that Healing Art Missions is at Ste. Therese Hospital, this has all changed. Now we manage all of the cases. People with life-threatening issues, such as strangulated hernia, would have died waiting or trying to get to another hospital under the old system, but now they have access to care 24/7. When there is an emergency, we are able to act quickly."
There is one case, in particular, that Nurse Nadège recalls. On June 23, a man was brought in who had been shot. Fortunately, Healing Art Missions' team was at the hospital and was able to provide him with immediate care, even though it was in the late hours of the night. Because of the quick actions of the HAM Mobile Medical Team, the man survived his injuries.
Nurse Nadège shares that "Everything the Mobile Medical Team in Haiti does is possible because of the support of the people who finance Healing Art Missions. There can't be intervention without equipment or specialists. The patients are always grateful for HAM's service, but today I wish to express my gratitude to HAM's supporters: Thank you for this magnificent initiative to send important services to the people of Haiti. Just thank you. I can't thank you enough."