Operation Blessing has two ongoing projects focused on providing clean water to hospitals. Incredibly, none of the general hospitals in the country have clean, running water and it is not uncommon for doctors (and even patients) to bring jugs of their own water with them to the hospital in order to wash their hands and sterilize equipment. At the request of the United Nations Special Envoy To Haiti, OBI is assessing all ten general hospitals to identify the cause of the problems and offer possible solutions on a hospital-by-hospital basis. OBI is also working with Dr. Paul Farmer’s organization, Partners In Health (PIH), to bring running potable water to several other hospitals. At Belladere Hospital, OBI installed new piping and plumbing throughout the hospital, connected the hospital to the city water line, and installed filters and an ultraviolet light purification system. Most recently, OBI has provided wells and a water purification system for PIH’s newest state-of-the-art hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. Read: Breaking ground in Haiti