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Haiti Struggles with Humanitarian Disaster in Aftermath of Deadly Storms

Haiti Struggles with Humanitarian Disaster in Aftermath of Deadly Storms

In Haiti, as many as 1,000 people have died and an estimated one million left homeless after the impoverished country was hit by four major storms and hurricanes in less than a month. We speak to the renowned physician Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, a group that provides free medical care in Haiti. After visiting Gonaives over the weekend, Dr. Farmer wrote, "After 25 years spent working in Haiti and having grown up in Florida, I can honestly say that I have never seen anything as painful as what I just witnessed." [includes rush transcript]

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