By Tim Holmes | Fundraising Coordinator
HHA's Rehabilitation Unit in Haiti remained functional for inpatients throughout Haiti's COVID peak, ensuring long-term rehabilitation could continue for those suffering with life-changing disabilities. Although outpatient care had to be suspended for a few months, we've worked hard to minimise the impact on the level of care available for all our rehab patients.
Now seemingly past the worst of COVID-19 in Haiti, we are moving on with projects that will dramatically improve the outloook for thousands of people with disabilities over the coming years.
We recently received a delivery of over 300 new wheelchairs, which will be distributed to patients by our experienced team very soon. And that's just the start of a major initiative to increase wheelchair availability in Haiti - a project HHA is leading. In the new year, we are expecting another 500, followed by regular container loads and investment in our distribution processes. We're very excited about the lives that will be changed thanks to these new chairs.
One example of what a chair can do is Samuel. He was a 2010 earthquake victim and became a paraplegic. He received long-term rehab in our unit, receiving a wheelchair, and went on to become a hospital chaplain and living independently. He's a vital part of the pastoral care provided at the hospital for patients and families, which was called on more than ever this year when he worked closely with many of the COVID patients in our isolation ward.
We hope that man more rehab patients will go on to be independent. We're sure these new chairs will help make that possible.
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By Tim Holmes | Fundraising Coordinator
By Tim Holmes | Fundraising Coordinator
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