Numerous amputation surgeries that were performed immediately after the earthquake in Haiti were done in tent hospitals under candlelight in order to save lives.  It’s understandable that these amputations were not up to the medical standards of prosthetic fittings for later in time. To compound the problem, Haiti lost two well established amputee clinics from the earthquake, but Hanger Orthopedic Group and its partners, including Physicians for Peace, quickly established the Haitian Amputee Coalition Prosthetic and Rehabilitation Center to aid the amputee population. The clinic opened in late February and after its first full week of operation, had already fit 20 amputees with below the knee prostheses. Unfortunately, some of the[...]

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