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History
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By Ralph Gousse
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The hospital in Paillant was built by Reynolds Aluminum, Inc around 1955 and was the only hospital in the Nippes region. As only a 10 beds hospital it offered free services in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Maternity, Radiology and Laboratory. My first lessons in Medicine were learned right there. People came from all over to be treated there.
- After Reynolds left in 1982, the hospital lost its financial support and by 2003 it had transformed slowly into a small health center with no electricity, no water, no toilets, no radiology and no surgery, a rotten ceiling and a leaking roof. Haiti Help Med renovated the building and a new center was inaugurated on September 27, 2007. Since then Haiti Help Med took on the challenge of adding a new building to the current site with a new surgical suite, a dental clinic, an ophthalmology clinic, 2 bathrooms, a large waiting room/conference room, a new archive section and 3 new exam rooms. This whole new hospital was inaugurated on July 24, 2010. Please see history in pictures. (Click on image for gallery)
