Haitian Doctor Couple Turn Home into Hospital

With few hospitals still functioning in rubble-strewn Port-au-Prince, options for medical care are scarce, so people are improvising. High in the steep hills of the city, number 83 Rue Armand Holly has become a sanctuary. The couple who live there, both doctors, have found themselves running a makeshift clinic right out of their own home. Almost as soon as the ground stopped shaking, their neighbors came knocking. Since Tuesday’s quake, they think they’ve treated something like 300 people in their courtyard. An armchair taken outside acts as an operating table.

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

“When there’s snow on the ground, I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds.”

A Miracle Cure

Richard Lueker, MD is a gentle giant with huge hands and a large heart. An encounter with a stranger and the unexpected healing of his son more that 35 years ago changed his life and laid the ground for his life’s work. Recently, a magazine editor caught him in Berkeley for an insightful interview.