During unrest, Cuban doctors treated Haiti's many wounds

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sat, Apr. 17, 2004

CRISIS IN HAITI


During unrest, Cuban doctors treated Haiti's many wounds

About 525 Cuban doctors and nurses were in Haiti during the February revolt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The new government will review its relationship with Cuba.

BY MICHAEL A.W. OTTEY

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......Torres said he and his colleagues could never have imagined the carnage of Feb. 29.

About 150 of the patients treated had gunshot wounds, some life-threatening, he said, and the doctors had to improvise to stabilize the wounded. The International Committee of the Red Cross responded with gauze and other supplies, he added.

''The Red Cross really helped us save those lives,'' he said.
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''The gratitude they give us is a form of payment,'' said Torres, who has been in Haiti for 30 months. ``It's been significant for me because a lot of the diseases in Haiti you only see in textbooks. They are diseases that have been eradicated in other parts of the world.''
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