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Jan 18, 2010

"No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community.(...) If our generation is called to bear a burden of that healing, it is a powerful calling and honor and one within our capability." --David Spangler

Haitian Doctor Couple Turn Home into Hospital

With few hospitals still functioning in rubble-strewn Port-au-Prince, options for medical care are scarce, so people are improvising. High in the steep hills of the city, number 83 Rue Armand Holly has become a sanctuary. The couple who live there, both doctors, have found themselves running a makeshift clinic right out of their own home. Almost as soon as the ground stopped shaking, their neighbors came knocking. Since Tuesday's quake, they think they've treated something like 300 people in their courtyard. An armchair taken outside acts as an operating table.