Months after Hurricane Melissa ripped through Ja- maica as a Category 5 storm, recovery remains unfin- ished, and for Nadine “Deanie” Singh, the work has not slowed.
The founder of Fort Myers–based Premier Mobile Health Services is back on the ground, helping distrib- ute medical supplies and care to communities still struggling to rebuild.
The need is still severe, Singh said. She’s working to get a large shipping container of medical supplies and non-perishable food through Jamaica’s customs so it can reach communities still struggling to survive.
“There are many people still without shelter,” she said. “The schools are unable to open back up next month, because the people are still using the school as shelter because their homes have been demolished.”
Premier Mobile Health Services is based in Fort My- ers, with a new location in Immokalee.
The group typically provides mobile medical care to underserved residents across Lee and Collier counties. It wasn’t until Singh watched on TV as Hurricane Me- lissa devastated Jamaica that she knew she had to step in and help, backed by an organization that al- ready had extensive disaster-response experience in Southwest Florida.
