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Speech on Haiti at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting

Dr. Samuel Prophete, president of Haiti Dental Association, during his speech at the opening session of the Chicago Midwinter Meeting.
Javier de Pison/ DT Latin America

Javier de Pison/ DT Latin America

lun. 1 marzo 2010

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The president of the Haiti Dental Association, Dr. Samuel Prophete, was invited by the Chicago Dental Society to give a speech at the opening session of the Chicago Midwinter Meeting as part of an initiative of Dental Tribune Latin America to help colleagues in Haiti following the January 12th earthquake.

Dr. Prophete asked for a moment of silence for the hundreds of thousands of victims in his country. He then asked US dental associations and dental professionals for support to rebuild the public health system of his country and for help to colleagues whose offices have been destroyed by the quake.
"The people of Haiti will forever be grateful to the international dental community by the aid received in shelters and makeshift refugee centers in the form of hygiene kits with brushes, toothpaste and soap, and for the volunteer dentists who have gone to help, along with their Haitian colleagues, to bring assistance to the needy," said Dr. Prophete.
The president moved attendees with his speech and concluded by saying that this tragedy is also an opportunity to honor its victims, by assisting in the titanic task of rebuilding Haiti.

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