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		<title>Emergency lighting and sirens for The General Hospital thanks to Whelen Engineering and JP/HRO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The General Hospital is here to help the people of Port-au-Prince when there is a medical emergency.  As you may know, it is often difficult to get around Port-au-Prince in a vehicle.  Global ER has teamed up with Whelen Engineering and JP/HRO, Sean Penn&#8217;s Relief Organization to help expedite emergency vehicle capabilities in PaP. Whelen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/12/16/emergency-lighting-and-sirens-for-the-general-hospital-thanks-to-whelen-engineering-and-jphro/</link>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal Features The General Hospial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—The Hopital de l&#8217;Universite d&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Haiti, the country&#8217;s largest public hospital, is so chronically underfunded and decrepit that it has the reputation as a place where people come to die, not get better. After January&#8217;s devastating earthquake, there was hope the hospital could turn things around. Scores of foreign doctors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/11/13/wall-street-journal-features-the-general-hospial-2/</link>
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		<title>Evacuation Plan for HUEH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on an emergency evacuation plan for The General.  I hope this will enable us to purchase the right equipment to get patients out of buildings in a hurry or just to have protocols for how to move patients away from a hazard that doesn&#8217;t necessitate leaving the building. We needed to consider some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/11/08/evacuation-plan-for-hueh/</link>
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		<title>Medications, Equipment and Supplies Secured in advance of Hurricane Tomas&#8217; Arrival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Tomas spun toward Haiti, we needed to be ready at The General.  Not only were all patients from the tuberculosis ward in danger of high winds and flooding, but the vital resources used to care for patients also risked destruction. In cooperation with with dedicated volunteers including patients&#8217; family members, we relocated all medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/11/05/medications-equipment-and-supplies-secured-in-advance-of-hurricane-tomas-arrival/</link>
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		<title>Tuberculosis patients moved indoors in advance of Hurricane Tomas, some sent home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good News: Patients in The General Hospital&#8217;s tuberculosis ward were moved out of the tents where patients with the disease have been treated since January. The patients are now in a building, sheltered from the rain. Bad News: There is not sufficient space in the new space and many patients were discharged from the hospital. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/11/05/tuberculosis-patients-moved-indoors-in-advance-of-hurricane-tomas-some-sent-home/</link>
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		<title>Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) Operational at The General Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We now have a 20 Bed Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) at The General. Utilizing the space that was once used to house PIH volunteer doctors and nurses, we have set up a facility to care for adult and pediatric patients suffering from symptoms consistent with Cholera. We expect this Center to surge to capacity immediately. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/11/05/cholera-treatment-center-ctc-operational-at-the-general-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Global ER rushes critical cholera supplies to Port-au-Prince</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reports of a deadly Cholera outbreak emerged from Artibonite and the Central Plateau, Global ER was already on the phone. We contacted our partners at AmeriCares who were ready to send thousands of pounds of critical medical supplies to save lives from the disease, which can leave untreated patients dead of dehydration within hours. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/10/27/global-er-rushes-critical-cholera-supplies-to-port-au-prince/</link>
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		<title>Cholera Response Plan for HUEH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since October 22nd, I have been developing a Cholera Response Plan specific to The General Hospital. The objective of the plan is to limit mortality from Cholera at HUEH.  Effective implementation of the plan requires significant resources commitments from outside stakeholders.  MSPP is developing a nationwide strategy to mitigate a Cholera outbreak, but this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/10/24/cholera-response-plan-for-hueh/</link>
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		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/07/23/388/</link>
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		<link>http://www.globalemergencyrelief.org/2010/07/23/385/</link>
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