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Scott Simon talks with Dr. Titus Antoine, who runs the emergency room in the coastal city of Les Cayes, Haiti, about conditions there a week after the earthquake.

Scott Simon, Host:

It’s been a week since a strong earthquake hit Haiti. More than 2,000 people have died. More than 12,000 were injured. The earthquake had the strongest impact on the coastal city of Les Cayes in southwestern Haiti.

Dr. Titus Antoine directs the emergency room at Immaculee Conception Hospital in Les Cayes. Doctor, thank you very much for being with us.

Titus Antoine: All right. Not a problem. It’s my pleasure.

Simon: What is it like in the hospital where you live now?

Antoine: We still have people coming. Then we thought the thing was — it’s going to be slow. But we still had people coming because, you know, after the earthquake, there were knocks – there were blocks. Now – all the roads are now open, all the people even came to the hospital. So we still have a lot of people coming in.

Simon: Do you have enough medication? Do you have enough bandages? what do you need?

Antoine: Well, we need beds for people because there are a lot of people on the floor. We need a lot of bed. Well, actually, right now, there are a lot of people inside. We were putting them outside. But we need a tent, something covered so the sun doesn’t burn them. you understand?

Simon: Oh, my God. Yes. And what kind of injuries do you see?

Antoine: Well, we have a lot of fractures – open and closed fractures – the humerus and the radius. We have a lot of trauma, like the bad shocks of Glasgow 3. And we have people who’ve already had a disease before, and they’ve had a fracture. So we have to control even the disease they had before, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. So we control both.

Simon: Dr. Antoine, what are your crew hours?

Antoine: Well, to tell you the truth. I have to stay 24 to 24. Because I’m the head of the emergency room, I have to always be there to check in. Maybe I can go eat, say, two minutes and come back because I’m in control of everything. You know, I have a crew with me. They need to take a break.

And others – take other people who can help. If we have food, go take food for them and all that. But I always have to stay in the hospital for control. you understand?

Simon: Yes. Dr. Antoine, I wonder – I mean, having helped a patient, many of them may not have homes to go back to.

Antoine: Well, yes. There are people we’ve already done with, so they need to go home. And they stay in the hospital. This is really a bad situation for us because the person does not need to stay in the hospital. But the person remains. Well, this is really a bad situation for us.

They told you they had no food. They have no clothes. They have nothing. They lost their family and all that. So they stay in the hospital. This is not good for us. We need space to work better.

Simon: Dr. Titus Antoine at Immacoli Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti. Thank you very much for being with us.

Antoine: All right. Not a problem. It was a pleasure talking to you guys.

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