January 25, 2010
Report From Haiti: Charities Cope With Loss and Devastation
At the Doctors Without Borders La Trinité Hospital in Haiti, 5 p.m. is when medical shifts turn over. As one set of doctors and nurses replaces another, it's the time when the number of staff people on site doubles for a brief period.
And two weeks ago, that was disastrous, as a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck here at 4:53 p.m.
As the ground trembled, the front wall of the hospital in the Delmas neighborhood toppled to the ground, and its first floor collapsed. Some
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