Hero #036: Megan Coffee .. (04/28/16)
Megan Coffee is a doctor and nonprofit director who began working in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake there that left hundreds of thousands dead and many more injured. She works there without pay and raises money to support the free medical services she provides …
Haiti, a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east, was hit by ruinous earthquake in 2010. In a country like Haiti, getting prompt and adequate medical care is a rare opportunity for many. As such, when thousands of patients were thrown together after the devastating earthquake, the danger of epidemics like tuberculosis was great. There was an urgent need of specialist in infectious diseases, and so Megan Coffee, a Harvard & Oxford-educated infectious disease specialist, gave up her research position at Cal-Berkeley and headed to Haiti to help. That was seven years ago, and Megan Coffee is still working there today.
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