Arnel Michel

Natasha, a paramedic in Haiti's first-ever ambulance serivce, gives cholera patient an IV drip in her ambulance.

Emergency medical care is a rare but fragile sign of progress in Haiti

October 21, 2014Medicine

A brand-new ambulance service in Haiti, the country’s first, is working remarkably well. But it’s a lonely moment of progress in the country’s slow rebuilding process, and the rest of the health care system is still lagging behind.