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Because normal methods of communication were wiped out in the quake, medical staff had to walk the devastated streets and announce via megaphone that a surgical trauma hospital existed only blocks away, and was ready to treat the badly wounded. Dr. Henri Ford, Vice President and Chief of Surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles trekked through the ravaged streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, January 20, to spread the word.

Because normal methods of communication were wiped out in the quake, medical staff had to walk the devastated streets and announce via megaphone that a surgical trauma hospital existed only blocks away, and was ready to treat the badly wounded. Dr. Henri Ford, Vice President and Chief of Surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles trekked through the ravaged streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, January 20, to spread the word.