Upstate doctors provide care, get new perspectives during medical mission to Haiti

Joseph Capogreco, MD, left, and Brian Kloss, DO (photo by Jim Howe)
Joseph Capogreco, MD, left, and Brian Kloss, DO (photo by Jim Howe)
A medical mission trip to Haiti offers physicians from Upstate a
chance to provide medical care as well as to learn about health
care and illness in a different setting: a tropical developing
nation. Upstate emergency physicians A medical mission trip to
Haiti offers physicians from Upstate a chance to provide medical
care as well as to learn about health care and illness in a
different setting: a tropical developing nation. Upstate emergency
physicians Brian Kloss, DO Brian Kloss, DO, who has taken part
before, and, who has taken part before, and Joseph Capogreco, MD
Joseph Capogreco, MD, who was on his first trip, discuss the
diseases and conditions they and their colleagues encountered in
the town of Verrettes, where they worked. They note that some
diseases they saw come from the lack of such things as running
water, flush toilets and shoes, which are not universally available
in Haiti. These trips, organized by the medical charity, who was on
his first trip, discuss the diseases and conditions they and their
colleagues encountered in the town of Verrettes, where they worked.
They note that some diseases they saw come from the lack of such
things as running water, flush toilets and shoes, which are not
universally available in Haiti. These trips, organized by the
medical charity Health Corps Haiti, Health Corps Haiti, have been
ongoing in the wake of the massive 2010 earthquake in that country,
and Upstate regularly participates. have been ongoing in the wake
of the massive 2010 earthquake in that country, and Upstate
regularly participates.