JAN 19: "HOW CAN A PEOPLE BE SO FULL OF LOVE AND PATIENCE AND KINDNESS"

Dr. Mark Hyman is posting journal entries from his work at the main hospital in Port-Au-Prince via the Huffington Post. Here are two excerpts from Haiti Journal: Hacksaws and Vodka -- Resurrecting Port-au-Prince's Largest Hospital From The Rubble

"There is peace and calm and a sense of gratitude pouring from every bed and every pair of eyes that look at me as I walk by. There is no danger here, no issue of security. There is no need for assessment. There is need for action. We must treat the patients who still can survive, before they need the morgue instead of post-operative care.

At the highest level we need organized and immediate logistical support. We must get everything and everyone to where the need is greatest, especially here at the nation's main hospital. I received an email from the disaster department (Health and Human Services) stating that they heard from the United Nations that we are fully operational. We are operating, but it is not "operational" yet. People and supplies want to find their way to us (and other places in need) but the dots are not connecting."

"All the NGOs (non-governmental organizations) left because we had no security, even though there has not been one single act of violence or chaos despite the lack of food, water or care for most of the patients. After they left, as I walked into the room to check on the patients, I heard the songs of darkness. The patients and their families sang songs of prayer for strength and courage to bear the burden of suffering through the night. The singing, in unison by patients and their families, filled the darkness. My heart and soul filled with light.

How can a people be so full of love and patience and kindness? And be that way in the midst of unimaginable loss and suffering?"