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Entre las ruinas de Haiti, un nacimiento trae esperanza

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http://news.bahai.org/story/755

Amid wreckage in Haiti, new birth brings hope

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 5 February (BWNS) Little Tina Rose Wome came into
the world on 28 January in a makeshift clinic, fashioned from a classroom at
the Anis Zunuzi Baha’i School on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

An entire team of visiting doctors and nurses was on hand for her arrival
the first birth at the school in the 30 years since its founding.

The delivery was poignant in another way, too Magdalah Wome had been
pregnant three times previously but none of her other babies survived
childbirth. Tina Rose is the first she has taken home -a home which now is
no more than a tent pitched in front of the rubble that at one time was a
house.

International relief agencies have reported that dealing with the aftermath
of the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince on 12 January is one of the
biggest challenges they have ever faced. As many as 170,000 people are
believed dead, and the number of homeless may top one million.

“Whatever you see on television, it is 10 times worse,” said Dr. Munirih
Tahzib, a pediatrician from New Jersey who helped organize the medical team.
“We would meet people whose entire family had been killed and their house
destroyed. Yet they would just pick up and carry on. That is what kept us
going.”

Indeed, the inspiration provided by the Haitian population is a common
refrain in reports from the scene. “The Haitians are not just sitting back
with their hands out. They’re doing a lot of the heavy lifting so humble
in its nature, it seems invisible,” Time magazine said. “They dig survivors
out of the wreckage by hand, not with big yellow machines.”

The 18 members of the particular medical team that welcomed Tina Rose into
the world were from the United States and Canada. They had come to Haiti to
deliver medical supplies and treat as many patients as possible during the
week that they were able to stay. Additional goals were to teach people how
to recognize and treat infection, and assess needs for sustainability.

The 18 visitors, many of whom were Baha’is, had made arrangements to set up
their tents in the yard at the Anis Zunuzi school and create a temporary
clinic in the classrooms that were still standing.

The directors of the school, Yves and Susanna Puzo, lost their home in the
earthquake but helped arrange for food and logistical support for the
medical team, which included two pediatricians, two orthopedic surgeons,
four obstetricians/gynecologists, an intensive care specialist, a hospital
doctor, a nurse, a respiratory therapist, and a fourth-year medical student.

Back home, members of the group have already had follow-up consultations
about how they can provide ongoing assistance to efforts by Haitians
including the local Baha’is to rebuild their country.

“We all learned the power of grassroots action,” said Dr. Tahzib.