Photos from NOLA Common Ground Clinic (BARHC Report #5) : NOLA Indymedia

The Common Ground clinic saw its busiest day yet on Sunday (Sept 18) as residents began to return to Algiers. The situation on the ground remains fluid, however. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has re-imposed an evacuation order for the city due to the approach of Hurricane Rita, although it seems people will not be required to evacuate from the Algiers neighborhood.

Help is still needed, both for the existing Algiers clinic and for satellite clinics people hope to establish in Ward 9 and surrounding areas, as conditions and staffing permit. Healthcare workers interested in going to New Orleans should check with Common Ground ahead of time to get the latest status of operations and needs.

The photos here are from Dixie Block, a BARHC EMT and herbalist who spent the past week in Algiers (see the BARHC web gallery for more photos).

Latest info from Common Ground:
http://www.commongroundrelief.org

Bay Area Radical Health Collective (site includes hurricane-related health info, updates for prospective volunteers, collected reports from BARHC, links to relevant blogs, and other relief and recovery info):
http://www.barhc.org

Common Ground in the mainstream media:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/20/CLINIC.TMP

(Photo by Dixie Block)

(l to r: Noah, Michael K, Bee, Scott W)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(standing l to r: Bork, Scott W, Roger, Noah, Bee;
seated: Scott, Lucinda)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Photo by Dixie Block)

(l to r: Lucinda, Scott, Roger)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(l to r: Dixie, Bee)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Aislyn)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Photo by Dixie Block)

(l to r: Dixie, Bee, Malik)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Bee chats with Ride Hamilton, a local resident who did not evacuate and helped set up a mutual aid effort in the French Quarter)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(The bar that never closes - site of a mutual aid effort in the French Quarter among residents who stayed)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Many home were marked by search and rescue teams)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Receding floodwaters left boats on the sidewalk on the east side of New Orleans)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(View from Algiers, showing cruise ship housing rescue personnel and battleship Iwo Jima, where Bush stayed)
(Photo by Dixie Block)

(Michael & Scott near the Crescent City Connection bridge, where people from New Orleans were prevented from crossing after Katrina)
(Photo by Dixie Block)