During my years as a pediatric ER doc, I served on a Disaster Medical Action Team. We were known as the Masters of Disaster and were primed to respond to catastrophes like the earthquake in Haiti.
But of course, now I'm "just" a writer, no longer an official part of a team. Reading the accounts of what was going on with the various teams in Haiti and most especially what Doctors Without Borders (my favorite charity) were doing, gave me the urge to try to get down there to help.
Which I...
Published on January 18, 2010 17:20