As you know we are desperately trying to get the word out about the hospital being ready to treat patients and not utilized. Could you please help us if you can by making posts on the internet and contacting the media. We are consistently trying to influence from the higher levels but at the moment it's up to us to do our best to get the word out. Thousands of people are reading information directly from the internet.
If you do a google search on Haiti blogs you can pull up hundreds of them. Some of the results are news articles that have been posted about Haiti. Just click on "Make a comment" under the article and post it there too.
This is just a sample one, write your own obviously if you wish. Phil and Tim I think you should say you are onsite.
We will hit more if we copy and paste instead of typing it out each time. Here's what I'm using;
" I need your help urgently - as soon as possible! I work for a hospital - Sacre Coeur in Milot, 75 miles North of Port au Prince.We were not damaged.We have room for 100 patients,we have over 20 Haitian doctors onsite including a medical trauma team and an orthopedic team arriving today. Helicopters can land very close to us, only ONE landed yesterday with 4 patients! People are dying in the streets AND in the hospitals in Port au Prince. We have a full-service hospital with two ORs and are NOT being utilized.We have an ambulance ready.When our staff hear a helicopter they are at the field immediately to receive patients but they are not arriving!! If any of you have contacts in the media or with organisations who could potentially get the word out about our hospital and our efforts to help please, please do so! The clock is ticking and so many lives are being lost.
Our website is www.crudem.org
If you have family or friends with time on their hands please ask them for their help. They could begin the post with
"My friend works for a hospital in Haiti..."
Thanks,
Denise
Sincerely,
Jeanie and Tom Tisdale
Area Chairmen

