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Security concerns cause doctors to leave hospital, quake victims

We watched in horror in the late evening as this story unfolded when the UN abandoned the field hospital in Port au Prince

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life, watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital Friday night after United Nations officials ordered a medical team to evacuate the area out of security concerns.

sanjayguptaCNN< .a> 5a update. we lost all generator power. sun will come up in about 30 minutes. now confident we will get all these patients through the night

The only doctor left was CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta. He assessed the needs of the 25 patients, but with no supplies there was little he could do.
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