Lee Keller Megan Streng

206-799-3805 503-624-1022
mminor@medicalteams.org mstreng@medicalteams.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL VOLUNTEER NURSE CALLING

IN LIVE FROM HAITI
THIRD DAY OF REPORTING IN FROM THE FIELD

(Jan. 23, 2010) — Anne Blaufus, RN, one of 19 medical personnel working in Haiti on
behalf of Medical Teams International's disaster relief team, will call in at 2:00 p.m.
PST, today, January 23 with a live report from the field.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Media interested in dialing in to hear the report and to

ask questions, please call 1-866-740-1748, PIN #: 1402 at exactly 2:00 p.m.
PST, Saturday, January 23. We'll get a brief update from Anne and then take
questions for approximately 15-20 minutes.

Blaufus is a registered nurse managing the ER at Providence Hospital in Portland, Oregon.

She is one of 19 volunteer doctors and nurses from throughout the Pacific Northwest now in
place in Haiti, performing surgeries and treating hundreds of people each day at the 350-bed
Kings Hospital, just outside Port-au-Prince since they arrived in Haiti last Friday. A
shipment of $1.1 million worth of medicines and medical supplies also arrived in Port-au-
Prince Friday and has been distributed into the field. For more information on the work
Medical Teams is doing in Haiti, or to make a donation, please visit
www.medicalteams.org or by calling 1-800-959-4325. People can also text “HOPE” to 253-
83 to give an automatic $10. Since 1979, Medical Teams International has shipped more than
$1.3 billion in antibiotics, surgical kits and lifesaving medicines to care for 45 million people in
100 countries around the world. More than 2,600 volunteers meet the needs of people worldwide
each year.

The following link includes some of our photos from Haiti:

http://picasaweb.google.com/med.teams.intl/2010HaitiEarthquake# If used, the photo credit
should say, Magaurn Video. Also, just uploaded from the field is video footage of the work
Medical Teams International is performing in Haiti. Please credit the footage to Magaurn
Video. Here is the link:
http://www.medicalteams.org/video/MTI_Haiti_News_Release_1.mov.
Anne Blaufus BIO
Medical Teams International has a long list of experienced disaster response medical
professionals who can volunteer on a moment's notice. Anne Blaufaus, an ER nurse with
Providence Hospital in Portland, is a member of our first-in team that left last week. When
she received the call for help she was in the midst of packing for her trip to the Cayman
Islands. Anne canceled her non-refundable vacation to volunteer her time to serve in Haiti.
Over the next month, her colleagues at Providence will step in to help by giving up their
vacation time to cover Anne's work shifts. Anne has been on many first-in teams with
Medical Teams International. Her first team was to Honduras in 1999 after Hurricane
Mitch. Since then, she has served on disaster response teams in Liberia, Uganda and Sri
Lanka. This will be Anne's second trip to Haiti, the first was in 2004 in response to
Hurricane Jeanne. She is the manager of the ER nurses at Providence Hospital in Portland
and that she has 4 children of her own. Attached are photos of Anne Blaufus.

Since 1979, Medical Teams International has shipped more than $1.3 billion in antibiotics,
surgical kits and lifesaving medicines to care for 35 million people in 100 countries around the
world. More than 2000 volunteers meet the needs of people worldwide each year. Donations can
be made by calling (503) 624-1000 or by logging on to www.medicalteams.org.

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