Hospital Association President Joins Doctors, Nurses for Haiti

January 20, 2010 -- On Wednesday morning, Andrew Davidson, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems flew to Port-au-Prince on a private jet supplied by TEC Equipment, Inc.

 

Davidson is considered an expert in health logistics and operations in diverse healthcare delivery settings. The Oregon hospital association and its counterpart in Washington state have made a commitment to raise more than $560,000 in cash and medicines to help Medical Teams International respond to this crisis.

 

Three physicians and two nurses joined Davidson on the flight. They include Dr. Marie Angele Theard with the Oregon Anesthesiology Group, Dr. Steve Boyer with Oregon Emergency Physicians and Dr. Bob Gibson, a Portland physician.

 

The nurses include Carol Caudie from Willamette Falls Hospital, and Kris Repp, a self-employed emergency room nurse from Renton, WA.

 

The team will work at the 350-bed Kings Hospital, just outside Port-au-Prince, and are part of the NW Hospital Partnership between all the hospitals in Oregon and Washington.

 

Davidson will be blogging about his experiences in Haiti here.

 

People can give an automatic $10 gift by texting HOPE to 253-83, on-line at www.medicalteams.org, by calling 1-800-959-4325 or mailing a gift to PO Box 10, Portland OR 97207