PIH Clinical Director for Haiti shares her story

Dr. Louise Ivers is PIH Clinical Director for Haiti.

Dr. Louise Ivers, PIH Clinical Director for Haiti, was in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck and started treating patients in a makeshift clinic in a driveway almost immediately. Dr. Ivers briefly returned to the U.S. to rest and recharge after nearly a week of harrowing days working around the clock, often as the only doctor to treat hundreds of gravely injured patients with minimal supplies. In an op-ed for the Irish Times, Dr. Ivers shared her story of the first five days following the tragedy.

Today, Dr. Ivers is meeting with the Clinton Global Initiative working group for Haiti, in Palm Beach, Florida, instead of Haiti’s Central Plateau. With the current crisis weighing heavily on people’s minds, we all hope that the working group will be able to further mobilize resources and garner long-term support for Haiti so that it can build back better.