CBM Physiotherapist returns from Haiti
A CBM Physiotherapist has returned from Haiti where he has been helping to rehabilitate the thousands of people with disabilities.
David provided essential physiotherapy in Haiti.
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David Young (23), has been assisting CBM's work in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the wake of the powerful earthquake that devastated the area on January 12, 2010.
David has been working as part of CBM's Emergency Team to provide essential rehabilitation to those who have received crush and limb injuries or amputations as a result of the quake, or who were already disabled and are in need of support.
"Despite working 12 hours a day, working for CBM has been rewarding both professionally and personally", said David. "It's been a privilege to work on the ground with people who need care".
David has worked hard to prevent injury becoming disability and minimising the effects of disability.
"My professional highlight was diagnosing a man with a spinal fracture, previously missed. He was then referred for x-ray".
David also treated a mother of a four month old baby, who had been separated from her husband. Lying on her hospital bed, with an external fixato for her fractured femur)r, she has been too scared to move. After a five minute consultation with David she was walking with the aid of crutches around the ward smiling.
David previously worked at a CBM-supported project in Tanzania.