July Medical Clinic in Baradères
July 1, 2025
About a thousand men, women and children in remote Baradères, Haiti, will get free medical care July 14-17 at a special clinic sponsored by UPLIFT Haiti and carried out by the Baradères Health Center.
Most people in the Baradères district have practically no access to medical care. Physicians visit occasionally, but few of the estimated 50,000 residents, mostly subsistence farmers, can afford to pay. And Baradères' population is growing, as people continue to flee from insecurity and violence in other parts of the country.
The Baradères Health Center is a first responder, the Baradères district's only public medical facility. The medical team typically is one physician and a couple of nurses. But from July 14 to 17, Baradères Health Center administrator Sr. Julienne Siberisse plans hiring 11 physicians and 12 nurses to staff the special clinic.
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UPLIFT Haiti has funded several multiday clinics in recent years despite increased costs and travel risks due to gang violence. Our own cost for these clinics has averaged about $10 per patient. Since 2019, all medicines and supplies are bought in Haiti. Paid extra staff are all Haitian medical professionals. There is no charge to patients for initial exams, tests and diagnoses. A prescription costs the equivalent of a few pennies, but only for those who can afford this.
Our long-term goal in working with Baradères Health Center is to strengthen the existing public health system. We are a very small organization, but the multiday clinics show that health care in rural Haiti can be provided inexpensively.
Please consider a tax-deductible donation to support our work in public health, vocational training and economic development in rural Haiti. We design our projects to achieve goals expressed by people in the community. You can donate online at https://uplifthaiti.org/donate.htm.
Sister Julienne Siberisse became administrator of the Baradères Health Center last fall.
What a difference a day makes! Fadnes, a patient at the 2017 clinic, 3 days after treatment began on his severely infected left eye. Inset shows him 2 days after treatment. He was soon discharged, with both eyes wide open.
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