tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post31759109379260098..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Crystal clear compassionPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-36810558413401587292010-03-09T10:18:54.608-05:002010-03-09T10:18:54.608-05:00While it was nice of Kevin to mention me in his st...While it was nice of Kevin to mention me in his story, it is important to me that our entire team gets the recognition they deserve. I chose to go on this mission trip for the people of Haiti and for myself. I went there thinking that if I could help one person, it would be a successful trip. Fortunately we helped many people and learned so much from each other in doing so. It will take some time for me to process all that I did and saw on this trip. I hope that I have future opportunities like this, because I feel very invested in the people of Haiti. They trusted that we were there to do things in their best interest, and I feel so grateful to them for that.<br /><br />I hope that the article is a positive reflection of BIDMC, and the integrity of its nurses, doctors and therapists. Aside from our professional titles, we are all people first. We are all human, like the people of Haiti. It is our ability to connect with them as people before practicing our medical roles that allowed us to do good in Haiti.Crystalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-8440270272004013552010-03-09T09:36:06.913-05:002010-03-09T09:36:06.913-05:00I wanted to thank you for the amazing opportunity ...I wanted to thank you for the amazing opportunity that being a BIDMC employee allowed me to experience this past week. Never in my wildest dreams could I have anticipated the things that I witnessed, both gratifying and positive as well as terrible and unimaginable. The team that you sent to Haiti showed up ready and willing to do the very best job we could. And at this moment, with everything said and done, I believe that we did that. Michael, Mick, Kellie, Maureen, Peguey, Ian and Jess were truly amazing and I aspire to be like them. Their leadership was unwavering. Their skills were at the highest level. And their compassion for their patients as well as their compassion for their teammates was something I don't know will ever be matched in my lifetime. From something as huge as saving a life or something as tragic as losing a patient....again....to something as simple as sharing our food or giving up ear plugs. We were a team through and through. I will forever be grateful for calling them my peers and my Haiti Teammates.<br /><br /> The doctors and nurses who worked nights in the most deplorable conditions were not mentioned and that saddens me. We were a team and they were the stars. The saved lives that no one would think they could save. The could have quit many times over, and they went...every.... single.... night.... knowing that they couldn't do what they knew they should. To their patients they were heroes.<br /><br />PIH is doing amazing work. They are trying to make steps in the right direction with a mantra of working beside the Haitian collegues and not taking over the system. I have the utmost respect for their organization and hope to be partnered with them many times over in the future.Meghannoreply@blogger.com