Health & Medicine - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 17:22 - 1 Comment

Almost half of injured Haitians are children

Capt. Mark Poirier, a medical officer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, checks a baby brought to the squadron’s forward operating base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. Injured children have special needs for equipment, including thinner hypodermic needles, appropriate pharmaceuticals in children’s dosages, and medical specialists in pediatrics and other areas. (Courtesy: U.S. Army/Flickr)

USC (US)—Victims of the Jan. 12 quake in Haiti include an extraordinarily high number of children—more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total—according to a statistical study. Continue…