Local emergency workers may be heading to Haiti

Photo by: Geoffrey Hauschild

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(Left-Right) Nurses (RNs) Lynne Clute and Perse Diakakis and Social Workers Diane Sharneck and Carrie Galbreath distribute food, medical supplies, and hygiene products, donated by Diane Reese of Briar Field Manor, to members of a St. Elizabeth sponsored emergency team at St. Elizabeths on Tuesday evening.

YOUNGSTOWN — The North Eastern Ohio Disaster Medical Assistance Team is gearing up for possible deployment to Haiti.

“We don’t have alert orders, but we are on a monthly rotating schedule — and February is our month,” said Douglas Broderick, commander of NEO-DMAT OH-6, as the team is officially known.

Team members meet once a month for training. But Tuesday’s meeting seemed to have a special urgency.

Supplies, such as mosquito repellent and hand sanitizers, were passed out, and the training, conducted by team Deputy Commander Roger Bair, was on dehydration and how and what to pack for austere conditions.

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