JAN 20: "I JUST COULDN'T LET HIM GO"

From JAN 20, the AP covering an attempt yesterday by doctors to save a man's life as his body is overcome by infection. This one story illustrates how Haitians are suffering brutal and unnecessary deaths due to the lack of even the most basic hospital supplies.

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At 11:15 a.m., Lagredelle's condition was critical. Some of the doctors wanted to just let him go, freeing their time for the dozens of other patients in need of urgent help.

But Dr. Enrique Ginzberg, of the University of Miami Hospital, decided to lead a team of 11 medics and doctors to keep him alive. They tried to revive Lagredelle with more intravenous fluids, cutting at his swollen legs with a scalpel and raising them to bring more blood to the heart.

"I couldn't just let him go, and that's my decision," Ginzberg said. "We've had one too many people like this die in front of us."

Full article from the AP via The Washington Post, Haitians Die At hospital For Lack Of Supplies