{"id":1498,"date":"2013-07-08T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2013-07-08T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T13:36:42","slug":"shining-in-his-many-roles-as-doctor-trusted-friend-translator-guide-peter-lylord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/2013\/07\/shining-in-his-many-roles-as-doctor-trusted-friend-translator-guide-peter-lylord\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining in His Many Roles as Doctor, Trusted Friend, Translator, Guide: Peter Lylord"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first met Peter just a few months ago on the March trip to Haiti.<\/p>\n

He approached from afar, and Lila and Andrew ran to greet him with warm hugs. He wore his medical student ID, a VHP t-shirt, and a Vassar Greens waterbottle hung from his backpack. He waved to a passing friend on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

\"Meeting<\/p>\n

This unpretentious first impression belied his reputation as a skilled doctor, guide, and translator. His humility would have surprised me had I not heard beforehand about his gentle, compassionate nature.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_6346VHP has known Peter for more than two years. Maybe “known” here is a bit of an understatement – he has been with us on several trips to Haiti. We’ve held each other’s hands through unfamiliar territory, cried, laughed, eaten together, shared life stories. He is often talked about fondly at VHP gatherings. Every email message from Peter, which is always overflowing with love, inspiration and passion, instantly brightens up our day and helps keeps us going. He has touched all of us in Chermaitre and in VHP in many ways, like how he has changed our lives even before we met him.<\/p>\n

\"2013<\/p>\n

As David Bridgman Packer ’12, former Director of the Medical Initiative, recalls,<\/p>\n

“I first met him when we were both working at the same hospital in Port-au-Prince. His medical school had collapsed in the earthquake, making him a student without a school. He taught me how to suture, and in turn I helped him study math.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of his dear friend, David has this to say:<\/p>\n

“Peter has supported himself and his siblings through his secondary and medical education. He is one of the most inspiring people I have met. He is academically gifted and has a gentle wisdom that every patient hopes to find in their doctor. His goal now is to become a neurosurgeon (of which there are currently only four in Haiti), and he has always had his eye on using his education to better the health of all Haitians regardless of class.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"With<\/p>\n

We were privileged enough to spend time with Peter again when he visited New York recently. Peter, you have been invaluable to Chermaitre, VHP, and all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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