Press Release

02/01/2010
For Immediate Release

Medical Team Leaves for Haiti

Tomorrow, February 2, a team of physicians and nurses will travel to Haiti to provide much needed medical relief.  They will be working at Sacred Heart Hospital in Milot, Haiti where it is expected they will perform surgery from 8 am until 11 pm with 30-minute breaks for lunch and dinner. 

Every day, 10 - 12 helicopters carrying up to 10 patients each land in Milot. These are patients with critical orthopedic needs, and many of them will have to undergo amputations.

Please keep these brave volunteers and their families in your prayers:

Dr. George Friend

Dr. Meredith Wierman       

Dr. Jeff Lindquist

Dr. Rick Skupski         

Dr. Mark Walsh                 

Dr. Fred Ferlic

Dr. Henry DeLeeuw    

Dr. Randy Ferlic                

Dr. Michael Yergler

Michelle Crawford, RN

Donna Dickens, RN

Doug Gibson, RN

Kyonna Charlston, RN

Dana Brackett, PA

Dr. Joey Garcia

Dr. James Wierman

 In addition, thank you to our physicians here at home for taking call and seeing extra patients as needed while their colleagues are in Haiti. Bless everyone who has worked to make this relief effort possible.

We are accepting monetary donations to assist with the group’s travel expenses. If you would like to donate, send a check to the Foundation of SJRMC, 837 E. Cedar St., Suite 350, South Bend, IN 46617. Write “Haiti” on the memo line. Click here to make a secure donation online.