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#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 2:04 AM Jan 16th from UberTwitter

#345a. pulling all nighter at haiti field hosp. lots of work, but all patients stable. turned my crew into a crack med team tonight. #proud 12:49 AM Jan 16th from UberTwitter

"What is striking to me as a physician is that patients who just had surgery, patients who are critically ill, are essentially being left here, nobody to care for them," Gupta says on camera.

Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, and was already lacking in adequate doctor-to-patient ratios prior to the disaster.

CNN Sanjay Gupta Treats Baby on The Streets of Haiti:

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Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 9:27 pm:

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Gupta stayed behind, and along with CNN staffers, security personnel and at least one Haitian nurse who refused to leave, took care of 25 patients as best they could, given the lack of medical supplies.

"I've never been in a situation like this. This is quite ridiculous," Gupta says on camera.

CNN reported that Gupta "monitored patients' vital signs, administered painkillers and continued intravenous drips. He stabilized three new patients in critical condition."

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