A much deserved word of thanks to you, for helping us care for COVID patients- From Fr. Rick
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From May 1 to July 31, 2021 we had the opportunity to be of help to nearly 1,200 patients with acute, severe respiratory illness, at St Luke Hospital.
From May 1 to July 31, 2021 we had the opportunity to be of help to nearly 1,200 patients with acute, severe respiratory illness, at St Luke Hospital.
We are living the painful and dangerous days after the brutal killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
The horse has no rider, and does not know where to turn.
Read MoreIn Christianity, breath is the life force, and the Truth of God is what we breathe.
The work of God is life and truth.But truth without heart is cruel, and we all know what is like to have truth "held against us".
To the total contrary, when truth is wielded with mercy and compassion, truth "sets us free".
We have rapidly risen to 115 COVID beds, all full. We are totally saturated.
We announced publicly we cannot receive any more patients until further notice.
Many people are dying on arrival in ambulances, that could find no center to take them.
Read MoreWe were never closed since June 2020, but we never needed more than 10 beds.
Now the dramatic upswing with 65 beds, and we expect that 120 beds will again soon be necessary.
The Haitian Ministry of Health has announced variants from Amazon region of Brazil, and from the United Kingdom.
We all gathered to celebrate, as clean water is so critical to successful public health measures in Haiti . The importance of such a system truly cannot be understated, and this feat was made possible thanks to USAID support through UNICEF.
The St Luc Foundation (FSL) was appalled to learn that Dr. Jenny Edouard Pierre-Lys (director of the HIV and community health departments at St. Damien Hospital) and her son Noah Sacha were kidnapped by armed individuals, in the afternoon of Saturday May 1, 2021.
Read MoreThe St Luke Foundation hereby expresses its solidarity with the Episcopal Conference of Haiti and ardently condemns the despicable kidnapping and sequestration of the seven Catholic clergy members which took place on April 11 in Croix-des-Bouquets.
Read MoreThe memories are so vivid and going through the pictures of that day, I realize even more how merciful God is. I think of the dreams and hopes I had. Very few of them came true, but many others unexpected, underserved and bigger happened! They’ve truly been 25 years of surprises, joys and sorrows, miracles and defeats, pleasant and unpleasant moments. I am grateful for each one and would not exclude any of them, particularly the bitter ones and those that have exposed my weaknesses, because they have actually been for me source of grace and mercy, of understanding and reorientation, conversion and realignment.
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A special thanks to Angela Altus, Rebecca Arnold, Giles Clark, Denso Gay and Ami Vitale for the photographs, as well as the teams of NPH and Artists for Peace and Justice.