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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Notre Dame de la Merci, Robillard


Notre Dame de la Merci clinic is located in Robillard and run by Father Andre Sylvestre. The clinic is open 5 days a week Moday-Friday from 9am- 3pm, the clinic has 1 doctor, 1 nurse and 2 assistant nurses. The church is twin with a parish and the clinic received 1 medical trip each year and one construction team come twice a year. Today the medical team came and it has 1 pediatric, two other doctors and some medical students,they will start consultation tomorrow and they are leaving next week. The construction team builted the clinic, the vocational school and water system for the people of community to come and get clean water from the chruch. The clinic charges 25 gudes for consultation and medications are not included, the patients that have high blood pressure, and who are diabetes get their medication free. The women who are pregnant only pay 250 gudes for 9 monthes and medication are free of charge. The clinic received about 250 patients per month, the clinic use to have a CTC there for the people of Robillard but it been one week since MSPP close it down because they couldnt pay the staff
anymore they said the cholera rate has gone down. When receive cholera patients they send them to HHA.

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