Twin Cities Orthopedics’ Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Anthony Brown traveled to Haiti on January 20, 2010 to care for those injured during the January 12 earthquake.

Dr. Brown’s trip was orchestrated through Dr. Jeff Tidwell of Northfield Hospital in Northfield, Minn and the Hôpital Bon Samaritain (HBS) Foundation. The HBS Foundation supports the Hôpital Bon Samaritain in Limbe, Haiti.

According to the Foundation’s web site, the arrival of Dr. Brown and Dr. Anders Ulland of Metropolitan Surgical Associates in Robbinsdale, Minn. brought “supplies, medicines and hope to the victims of the Earthquake.”

The web site went on to report that “the team members immediately set up for surgery and performed an emergency C-Section that night [Wednesday]. Since then the team at HBS has been able to accomplish wound debridement, a below knee amputation, open reduction and internal fixations of fractures, non operative treatment of fractures (cast/splint) some with use of anesthesia and emergency C-sections. Surgery is ongoing as more patients receive word that we have trauma/orthopedic/general surgeons working and are showing up to receive help.”

Hôpital Bon Samaritain is located in Limbe, Haiti, 70 miles north of Port au Prince and 18 miles southwest of Haiti’s second largest city, Cap Haitian.

For more information about Dr. Brown and how you may help, please visit the HBS Foundation website at: http://www.hbslimbe.org/update.php.

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Photo courtesy of http://www.hbslimbe.org.

UPDATE: On Tuesday, January 26, Twin Cities Orthopedics’ Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Kurt Anderson with the non-profit group, Partners in Health traveled to Port au Prince. More information coming soon.

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