Caribbean Task Force

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Comment by Arnon Krongrad, MD on March 10, 2009 at 11:01pm

Oakland Park. How well I remember. Used to cover a VA clinic there. :-)

Comment by Patrick Baxter on March 10, 2009 at 9:50pm

Weekend past I attended a church fair in Oakland Park, florida, Ft. Lauderdale are. It was well attended and they actually had seminars in which I participated by giving a lecture (powerpoint) on prostate cancer and early detection. It was well attended and I had really good feedback immediately following the seminar and I am still getting phone calls 3 days llater. Free PSA was offered to the public. Well, actually the church paid broward General a fee to come and do the screening. It really was a success. This is predominatently Carribean men. This weekend I have another speaking engagement in the fort lauderdale area. The word is getting out there slowly. The church that I will be speaking at promoted the event on the radio and sent out flyers. Should be a good turn out. I wish I had a way of offering free screening at this location. I called Broward General but they require payment.

Comment by E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott on March 2, 2009 at 10:55pm

Patrick: Don't try to do everything in one week. We can give you at least two weeks -- and maybe more.

Comment by Patrick Baxter on March 2, 2009 at 10:26pm

Still working on creole translation. Someone promise to offer some help in about a week.

Comment by Patrick Baxter on March 2, 2009 at 10:24pm

On sunday I visited a health fair at a church located in Ft. Lauderdale florida. I actually was invited to talk to men about prostate cancer and early detection. After speaking to several men, all from the carribean, I came to the conclusion that the few who were willing to listen to what I had to say were really interested, but they really had no access to screening. They basically had no medical insurance. Help! Where do we go from here? We have alot of work to do in that community. I haave 2 invite over the next 2 weeks to speak to carribean men in lauderhill. Stay tuned.

Comment by Patrick Baxter on February 28, 2009 at 11:15pm

Its gonna take a few weeks to get things up and running. I have forwarded the link to Jamaica to someone I know and asked him to pass it around for me. Let's see who bite.

Comment by Manny Marroquin on February 28, 2009 at 9:58am

We need to get the DR and some other Caribbean reps to have a full contingent.

Comment by E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott on February 28, 2009 at 7:41am

Oh Lordie ... are we going to need a Creole group on the site now? Next we'll have to have a a Cajun group too, complete with zydeco in the background! :O)

Comment by Arnon Krongrad, MD on February 27, 2009 at 11:57pm

Sac passe? Nap boule!

Comment by Manny Marroquin on February 27, 2009 at 1:25pm

Hi Patrick,
I have copied Dr. Mercier, from Port au Prince Haiti to join the group.