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Another team of Children’s clinicians departed Hanscom Air Force Base yesterday for Haiti, this one including John Meara, MD, DMD<\/a>, <\/strong> and Gary Rogers, MD<\/a>,<\/strong> both of Plastic & Oral Surgery<\/a>, David Waisel, MD<\/a>,<\/strong> and Craig McClain, MD<\/a>,<\/strong> both from Anesthesia<\/a>, a team of Children\u2019s nurses (Nelson Aquino, RN, Lisa Pixley, RN, Stella Harrington, RN, Jay Hartford, RN, Pam Gorgone, RN) and surgical technician, Johanne Jocelyn, with colleagues from Partners in Health<\/a>. We got word that they arrived safely, and we’ll keep you updated with more info as we get it.<\/p>\n As 40 percent of Haiti\u2019s population are children, pediatric medical and surgical care is desperately needed right now. The National Disaster Medical System<\/a> is calling for pediatric critical care and critical care transport teams to assemble for possible deployment. Additional support teams from Children\u2019s are currently being mobilized.<\/p>\n Volunteers from Children\u2019s have been a part of the relief efforts from the beginning<\/a>. Shannon Manzi, <\/strong>David Mooney, MD, MPH<\/a>, and Gary Fleisher, MD<\/a>, <\/strong> headed to Haiti on one of the first transports available, with no knowledge of what kind of conditions awaited them. An article from The Boston Globe<\/em><\/a> today reports on the tough decision Mooney had to make in amputating a young Haitian boy’s fingers.