Jan 21, 2011 By: yunews
Einstein-Montefiore Doctors Perform Successful Procedure on One-Year Anniversary of Earthquakes
The devastating earthquakes that struck Haiti last January saved at least one life 鈥 that of Lovely Ajuste, a Port-au-Prince teen. Ms. Ajuste sought treatment for a severe cough and shortness of breath in the days following the disaster that has left her homeless. , assistant professor of pathology and of medicine at of 糖心破解版 who had traveled to Haiti to assist in the relief effort, identified a serious heart condition. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the quakes, Ms. Ajuste underwent open-heart surgery at Montefiore, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for Einstein, to correct the defect.
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Dr. Desruisseaux, a native of Haiti, returned to the Caribbean nation for the first time in 24 years as a volunteer at a private hospital in the Sacre Coeur region of Port-au-Prince after the earthquakes struck. Along with the numerous patients she helped treat for severe wound infections, broken bones, dehydration and even typhoid, Dr. Desruisseaux met Ms. Ajuste.
鈥淲hen I met Lovely, she had a severe cough and shortness of breath which she thought was due to the dust in the air and living outside in crowded conditions,鈥 said Dr. Desruisseaux. 鈥淎fter taking an x-ray, I noticed that she had an enlarged heart and vascular congestion, so I asked for a cardiac specialist to further examine her.鈥
That decision may have saved Ms. Ajuste鈥檚 life.
