The Doctors Without Borders Experience: Sri Lanka 2009

April 27, 2010

Participants:	Bruce Leavitt, M.D.
Length:	1:31:55
Next Air Dates:	No upcoming airtimes are currently scheduled

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Tags:

war, UVM, Sri Lanka, medical

Additional Web Resources:

• UVM College of Medicine
• Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Doctors Without Borders

Program Description:

In June 2009, Dr. Leavitt traveled to Sri Lanka to serve with the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders. Hear about his experiences providing care to war-wounded patients at the MSF hospital in the Vavuniya District, a region inundated with soldiers, displaced persons, dogs and mosquitoes.

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