Plaisance is another tiny settlement that is a tough, hot hike for our staff - up from Grand Boulage. A clinic was held here for the first time in Spring of 2007, to evaluate the effectiveness of bringing the medical care closer to the region. Conditions were primitive, but many patients came.
Dr. Tom Ritter, a dentist from Baltimore, spent part of his first trip with Friends of Haiti here. His "office" was a dirt floored, roofless corner of a cement block building. When it rained, a tarp had to be erected over him. Dr. Tom happily pulled teeth all day long and relieved many a toothache.
The spring in Plaisance where we joined the people of the area for showers.
