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Photos: A U.S. Medical Clinic Opens in Haiti
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— The first U.S. medical base to be established in Haiti was opened on Monday by the Massachusetts 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Here, team leader Patrick Kadilak prepares to lead personnel from the airport to downtown Port-au-Prince.
The first U.S. medical base to be established in Haiti was opened on Monday by the Massachusetts 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Here, team leader Patrick Kadilak prepares to lead personnel from the airport to downtown Port-au-Prince.
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— Logistics specialists load pallets for the U.S. IMSuRT (International Medical Surgical Response Team) at the airport in Port-au-Prince to send downtown to the medical clinic.
Logistics specialists load pallets for the U.S. IMSuRT (International Medical Surgical Response Team) at the airport in Port-au-Prince to send downtown to the medical clinic.
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— Registered nurse Kristen Wilson helps load cases of water onto the transport vehicle.
Registered nurse Kristen Wilson helps load cases of water onto the transport vehicle.
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— The IMSuRT team gets ready to head downtown. The medical clinic is set up in a schoolyard next to a soccer field where hundreds of Haitians are camped out.
The IMSuRT team gets ready to head downtown. The medical clinic is set up in a schoolyard next to a soccer field where hundreds of Haitians are camped out.
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— The IMSuRT convoy of four trucks arrives in downtown Port-au-Prince.
The IMSuRT convoy of four trucks arrives in downtown Port-au-Prince.
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— Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division provide security for the clinic around the clock.
Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division provide security for the clinic around the clock.
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— A patient sleeps in one of the medical tents. Thousands of people are waiting outside the clinic for medical and surgical treatment.
A patient sleeps in one of the medical tents. Thousands of people are waiting outside the clinic for medical and surgical treatment.
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— A young girl receives water and care at the clinic.
A young girl receives water and care at the clinic.
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— Dr. Thea James of the Massachusetts 1 DMAT examines X-rays of a patient with two broken legs and an injured pelvis. Many patients have broken bones that have not been repaired for over a week, complicating the work of the doctors.
Dr. Thea James of the Massachusetts 1 DMAT examines X-rays of a patient with two broken legs and an injured pelvis. Many patients have broken bones that have not been repaired for over a week, complicating the work of the doctors.
Photos by John Poole / NPR