"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you
who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve" Albert Schweitzer

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Time Passes But Medical Needs Persist

Four months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to adapt their activities to meet changing, but still major, medical needs. The organization continues to provide primary and secondary care to the population at no cost, working out of approximately 20 sites and operating several mobile clinics.
“More than one million people are still living in deplorable conditions, beneath tents or plastic sheeting, without a clear sense of what's ahead in the coming months,” says Stefano Zannini, MSF's head of mission in Haiti. “In the meantime, the rains are intensifying, flooding the sites where earthquake victims live several times a week.”
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