This slideshow is narrated by an Medicins Sans Frontieres communications officer, who also took the photographs during a two-week visit to Haiti in March, 2010. He accompanied MSF field staff on assessments of living conditions in makeshift camps where people had been living without basic assistance.
The following information was posted earlier today by MSF and provides an update on their orthopaedic hospital, Carrefour Arts et Métiers Orthopedic Hospital, just a short distance away from the Hopital Adventiste d'Haiti.
"Around 40 surgical interventions are performed every day in this 135-bed trauma and post-op hospital, which houses two operating theaters, and one of the few x-ray machines in the city. Orthopedic surgery, skin grafts, and muscle flaps are being performed and post-op care and rehabilitation provided. Currently, 80 patients are hospitalized. Rehabilitation care is offered to patients in collaboration with Handicap International. Psychological care is offered to patients and families."
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