The Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church began a relationship with Hopital Sainte Croix in 1998. The congregation had previously organized mission trips to Honduras and to Belize. The youth groups have visited Mexico and Appalachia.
Haiti was a good experience and the relationship has continued. Several of our members have gone on more than one of these trips.
The hospital is located in Leogane. It was established in 1968 by the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti in partnership with the Presbyterian Church (USA) as a Christian witness, serving the people of Haiti. The Hopital Sainte Croix is a 120 bed full-service hospital and regional healthcare center for the community of Leogane.
Sainte Croix is highly respected amoung third world countries for high-quality health care. On an average day, more than 150 patients are seen for a nominal fee. Many cannot pay for this care, and those fees are waived or reduced.
The eye clinic provides much needed service including surgery and eye glasses.
A new dental clinic provides full denatlservices to a population badly in need of dental care.
Gifted and well trained Haitian physicians staff the hospital.
The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has worked at Hopital Sainte Croix for more than fifteen years on malaria, lymphatic filariasis and other diseases prevalent in Haiti.
Good Shepherd members have done medical training for the doctors and nurses at the hospital, provided medical care to patients, and have done electrical work and repairs.
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