Pediatrics in the Community: The Haiti Earthquake

1. Sachin D. Shah, MD* 2. C. Andrew Aligne, MD, MPH† 1. *University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 2. †University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Disaster relief appeals to our noblest qualities as health-care professionals and compassionate human beings. The devastation caused by the January 2010 earthquake inspired many pediatricians to travel to Haiti. One of these was Dr Sachin Shah, a veteran of numerous international health experiences, who spent a week in Port-au-Prince helping to staff a field hospital. This facility, run by Project Medishare, (1) was a sophisticated operation boasting a 35-bed pediatrics ward that included a fully equipped …