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Overcoming Challenges in the Medical Response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2019

Richard J. Randolph III  and
Amy Lafferty
Richard J. Randolph III*
Affiliation:
11550 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, Kansas
Amy Lafferty
Affiliation:
11550 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, Kansas
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Richard Randolph, (e-mail: [email protected])
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Abstract

In September 2019, the northwest Bahamas suffered unparalleled damages due to Hurricane Dorian. The storm disrupted all the essential community services, including water, electricity, and medicine. Heart to Heart International provided medical support in a very austere environment to the people of Abaco island. This article examines the challenges faced by the response team from Heart to Heart International in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

Keywords

disastersdisaster planningdisaster medicine
Type
Report from the Field
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 13 , Issue 5-6 , December 2019 , pp. 1083 - 1085
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 

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