The Horror In Haiti Up Close

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November 19, 2010

Jessica Alpert

A young woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried by a relative to St. Catherine hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP)

Four doctors and eight nurses from Children's Hospital Boston recently spent a week in Haiti assisting a pediatric unit at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port au Prince. Two members of the medical party join us to talk about the scene in Haiti, the cholera epidemic, and what's being done to keep children safe.

Guests:

Denise Anderson, R.N. Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Children's Hospital Boston
Dr. Dennis Rosen, M.D. Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Specialist, Children's Hospital Boston

More:

Project Medishare, Haiti
New York Times: Weighing the Lives of Babies in Haiti
Daily Mail: The shocking image that lays bare Haiti's torment

This segment aired on November 19, 2010.