Classrooms converted into operating rooms are where three local medical professionals now work.
An Erlanger nurse and two local doctors arrived in Haiti Monday night to assist in the relief efforts after last week’s catastrophic earthquake that hit the capital and surrounding areas.
The group includes Jennifer Ohle, surgical nurse and preoperative services director for Erlanger Health System; Dr. Chris Young, an anesthesiologist with Anesthesiology Consultants Exchange; and Dr. Chris Moore, developer of the Odyssey Company on Lookout Mountain. The three have previous experience working in disaster zones, including Haiti and Nicaragua, according to an Erlanger press release.
The hospital’s employees and medical staff responded in large numbers to a call last week for a surgical team to serve in Haiti, Erlanger officials said.
But because of travel and support problems in the devastated area and the need for people with experience in medical relief efforts, the number of local volunteers was limited, the release said.