Haitian doctor takes more than 100 patients into his home as refuge from devastation
By Mike Melia (CP) – 3 days ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — It wasn't long after Tuesday's earthquake levelled nearly all of the houses next to Claude Surena's that neighbours started showing up at his doorstep.
For years, the 59-year old pediatrician had treated the sick at his two-story hillside home near the centre of the Haitian capital.
Suddenly, he was running a triage centre, treating more than 100 victims on his shaded, leafy patio with food and supplies salvaged from ruined homes.
Read the full story here at The Canadian Press.
By Mike Melia (CP) – 3 days ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — It wasn't long after Tuesday's earthquake levelled nearly all of the houses next to Claude Surena's that neighbours started showing up at his doorstep.
For years, the 59-year old pediatrician had treated the sick at his two-story hillside home near the centre of the Haitian capital.
Suddenly, he was running a triage centre, treating more than 100 victims on his shaded, leafy patio with food and supplies salvaged from ruined homes.
Read the full story here at The Canadian Press.
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