Team returns from relief effort in Haiti

The doctor treated hundreds of patients, witnessed thousands of displaced people living in the streets, slept in mosquito-infested quarters, faced a lack of food and water, and dealt with thugs.

ALFRED DIAZ
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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Before parting at the Walla Walla airport to finish their journeys home, Dr. Ron Fleck (left) gives a big thumbs up to partners Dr. Raquel Collins (center) and Dr. Jacqueline Tracey (right) for ther services the trio provided on a volunteer medical trip to Haiti last week.

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WALLA WALLA — It was a reunion of sorts Friday afternoon as three of the four local physicians who spent most of last week volunteering on the Adventist Medical Evangelistic Network Haiti Medical Team had a chance to talk about their recent work after returning to Walla Walla Regional Airport.

Among the physicians was team leader Dr. Ron Fleck, who said he couldn’t begin to estimate the number of earthquake victims he treated over the last four days, but did note he was treating patients right up until he left Haiti.

“The last one was at the airport. A year-old baby with the head cave in,” he described.


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