Local physicians return from Haiti

FALLBROOK – Walt Combs, M.D., is no stranger to the hardships people in Haiti face daily. He has been there 40 times over the last 14 years, volunteering his expertise as a primary care physician.

“From the first time I was there, I was completely hooked and could not help but return,” he said.

Combs knew he was needed again when the quake struck Haiti on January 12. Working with The Haiti Endowment Fund, an organization that has been helping the Haitian city of Hinche for decades, he helped organized a team of his physician colleagues from Fallbrook Hospital.

The Fallbrook team included...