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Patients receive treatment at a makeshift hospital outside St. Michael's Hospital in Jacmel, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010. The hospital was destroyed by the earthquake, but medical personnel are continuing to treat patients. Local officials estimate that 350 people lost their lives in Jacmel due to the earthquake that hit the region Jan. 12, 2010.

MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL

Patients receive treatment at a makeshift hospital outside St. Michael's Hospital in Jacmel, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010. The hospital was destroyed by the earthquake, but medical personnel are continuing to treat patients. Local officials estimate that 350 people lost their lives in Jacmel due to the earthquake that hit the region Jan. 12, 2010.

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