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Tracy Kidder, author of the book Mountains Beyond Mountains about Partners in Health founder, Paul Farmer, wrote in the New York Times that with the destruction of so much of Haiti’s already inadequate medical infrastructure, “Partners in Health probably just became the largest health care provider still standing in all Haiti”.

According to a PIH spokesperson, Partners In Health’s nine hospitals, staffed with more than 100 doctors and 500 nurses, are all miles from the quake’s epicenter and escaped major damage. The organization is working to set up emergency operations in Port-au-Prince, but in the meantime has established a triage center at its headquarters in Cange to deal with a stream of earthquake victims — patients with broken bones, deep cuts and even limbs severed by falling debris. But they need money to replenish their rapidly dwindling supplies. If you’d like to help..