BENTON TOWNSHIP -- Part of the road to recovery for many Hurricane Katrina survivors who come to Southwest Michigan is the Benton Harbor Health Center.Dr. Don Tynes of the center on Colfax Avenue, who organized a team of medical professionals to do examinations, said 13 people were seen at his clinic Friday, 24 on Saturday and eight to 10 more are scheduled on Monday.Tynes said that group is being aided by Citizens for Progressive Change, with Rose Hunt-Redd, its executive director, and volunteer Yolanda Isom helping lead the effort.Eliasohn 9/17/05 tynes didnt know the name of a 3d person, which is why I said "helping lead"As of early Saturday evening, he was still waiting to hear from Benton Harbor officials whether another group of survivors would be examined today.Tynes said he prefers to refer to the people he and many other community members are helping as "survivors," rather than "evacuees.""That's trying to keep everything on the positive," he said of the choice of terms. He feels "evacuee" has a negative connotation.The 24 people examined Saturday, the doctor said, ranged in age from 5 to 62.He said some people received shots or antibiotics or were given medicines for treatment of diabetes, high blood pressure or maintenance of physical conditions.Tynes said some of the survivors examined so far were treated at the clinic, some had to go to the hospital and "some are in pretty good shape."He said some survivors' medical conditions worsened because of the hurricane. Some weren't able to take their medicines on time."The big question to me and to the staff was, 'Can I come here after today?' " Tynes said.The answer was "yes" to people who might have worried that they might be shuffled off to another doctor."Once we see patients, we're committed to those patients as long as they're in Benton Harbor, with or without insurance," he said.The medical response team assembled by Tynes administers to more than the survivors' physical needs.Tynes and clinical psychologist Deanna Chopin, who is interviewing the survivors, agreed that all were traumatized by their experiences in escaping the hurricane with little or nothing. "What I've seen … is everybody I've met, and this is with all due respect, is traumatized …," Tynes said. "No ifs, ands or buts."Chopin, whose practice includes working with children at the LINK Crisis Intervention Center in Benton Township, said the survivors coming to Benton Harbor were from across the economic spectrum before the hurricane. "Some people had abundance. Others were hanging by a thread. …They all are in need of some type of emotional, psychological support."The medical response team organized by Tynes includes doctors, nurses, psychologists and pharmacists. He said he was first asked by Pastor Duane Seats Jr. of Abundant Life Church of God in Christ in Benton Harbor to organize the medical effort."God blessed me. I've met beautiful people (that) in a crisis I can call on," Tynes said.As for the survivors he has talked to, he said, "They're only down for a little while. They don't want a handout. They just want a helping hand."