[AMP-L] Nuts & Bolts of Prosthesis Building in Haiti

[Wayne Renardson]

As Christela Eliance takes her first shaky steps on a new prosthetic 
leg at a clinic in rural Haiti, she's following in the path of 
hundreds of thousands of Americans.

The limb crafted for the 20-year-old Port-au-Prince woman who lost 
her left leg in the Jan. 12 earthquake is the same kind used in the 
U.S.: basic, durable and, best of all, fast to make, said Kevin 
Carroll, vice president of prosthetics for Hanger Orthopedic Group, 
the company leading the Haitian Amputee Coalition, with a clinic in 
Deschapelles.

The story with photos here:

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Wayne R