Haitian Diaspora Sees an Opening

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Haitian Diaspora Sees an Opening PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Five days after the earthquake devastated the Haitian capital, Claire-Marie Cyprien stepped into a terrifying scene at the General Hospital. Young children and old men lay on thin, filthy mattresses. Some screamed, others were silent. The hospital's Haitian staff was barely in evidence. Volunteers from France and the U.S. rushed from patient to patient. The Haiti Comeback View Slideshow Julie Platner for The Wall Street Journal Dr. Claire-Marie Cyprien returned to Haiti to help treat earthquake victims. More photos and interactive graphics One emaciated man, eyes closed, writhed on the blood- and feces-streaked floor wearing nothing but a thin towel at his waist. A team of French doctors attended to a toddler whose left leg had been amputated above the knee. Swamped by the tide of suffering, Dr. Cyprien walked up to a French doctor and told him there should be more surgeries, faster. He bristled at the woman suddenly giving him orders. "Are you from here?" he asked.[Read more...]

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