Friday, September 11 at 9:00 am, will be held the official launch ceremony of the humanitarian medical mission of the US hospital ship USNS Comfort in Haiti, at the Admiral Killick naval base of Haitian Coast Guard located in Bizoton.

The mission Continuing Promise of the hospital ship is part of the continuous support of the US government to the Haitian people, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and Population.

The hospital ship will arrive in Haiti on Thursday, September 10 and leave the bay of Port-au-Prince Sunday, September 18, 2015.

Free medical care will be provided in Port-au-Prince at Killick Coast Guard Base and St. Luc Hospital (Tabarre 41) starting on September 11 at 8:00am and continuing until September 18. Each day, patients will be seen on a first-come, first-serve basis until capacity is reached.

Medical care will include general, pediatric, dental, ophthalmological, orthopedic, and others. Support teams from the Comfort will also be assisting Haitian partners with veterinarian services, engineering projects, and medical exchanges.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14996-haiti-humanitarian-new-mission-of-the-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3655-haiti-humanitarian-the-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-resumes-its-operations.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3612-haiti-humanitarian-official-arrival-of-the-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3569-haiti-health-usns-comfort-in-haiti-to-provide-free-care.html

HL/ HaitiLibre