1. Collage of three pictures
Collage of three pictures. (A) A soldier is lifted back into a navy helicopter after transporting a baby to a US government-run field hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 25, The baby arrived without family members and had untreated hydrocephalus, a condition unrelated to the earthquake requiring neurosurgery, a scarce specialty in Haiti prior to the earthquake. After a visit to the field hospital by CNN reporter and Atlanta neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the baby was transferred to the USNS Comfort for a possible operation. (Photo by Dr. Sheri Fink.) (B) Dr. Chris Born, orthopedic surgeon from Rhode Island (left), and Dr. Carl Schulman, trauma surgeon from Miami (right), amputate the toes of a patient with gangrene at a US government-run field hospital in Port-au-Prince. Medical professionals faced dilemmas and tried to minimize amputations after being advised that Haitian amputees could be discriminated against and face challenges surviving in Haitian society after their operations. (Photo by Dr. Sheri Fink.) (C) A newborn baby with suspected neonatal tetanus is treated in the intensive care tent of a US government-run field hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 24, The field hospital ran short of oxygen, pediatric ventilators, and fuel for its generators, among other critical resources, leading to a scramble to procure more as medical professionals made life-and-death triage decisions. (Photo by Dr. Sheri Fink.)
Source: Chapter 15. Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Understanding Global Health, Second Edition
Citation: Markle WH, Fisher MA, Smego RA, Jr.. Understanding Global Health, Second Edition; 2014 Available at: Accessed: December 27, 2017
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