Haitian Dancer ... featured in earlier post ... Caught between Two Caregivers

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

You may recall an earlier post about Fabienne Jean, a dancer from Haiti's National Theater who lost her right leg to infection and subsequent amputation in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, "Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins", ...

Damon Winter/The New York Times
Fabienne Jean waiting for X-rays at a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Now, in a follow-up piece reported in the New York Times, it appears that Fabienne is caught between two international support organizations that have contributed to her care, and are now disputing how her rehabilitation she proceed ... A complicated story about how the desire to provide humanitarian assistance can conflict with institutional priorities ... often impacting relief efforts, not only in Haiti, but around the world ...

Read on at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/world/americas/13amputee.html?th&...

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