From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Online News.

Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010

Walla Walla doctors head for Haiti
A small group from the area headed to the earthquake-stricken nation, and may return later for a longer stretch.
Alfred Diaz
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Four Walla Walla physicians left for Haiti early Sunday on a five-day medical aid trip to help the Haiti earthquake victims. The members include team leader Dr. Ron Fleck, orthopedic surgeon Scott Hutson and general surgeons Jacqueline Tracey and Raquel Collins. Also joining the team later en route were West Side based physician John McGhee and Spokane diesel engine mechanic Eddie Wickward.

The team is also taking almost a dozen bags and boxes of medical supplies, including antibiotics and morphine.

Team members will return on Thursday, but some of the physicians may go back for an even longer stay.

"Everything is such a disaster down there," Hutson said, while checking in. "This is just a chance to go down there and see what it is like. I wouldn't be surprised if we go down again and stay for months."



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Fleck
ALFRED DIAZ
Dr. Ron Fleck, center, his wife, Bobbie, and Wade Brooks of Walla Walla City Seventh-day Adventist Church gather for a final word and prayer before sending off Fleck for a five-day volunteer trip to help earthquake victims in Haiti as part of the Adventist Medical Evangelistic Network Haiti Medical Team.