A doctor's message from Katrina's front lines
Hemant H. Vankawala, MD
Hemant Vankawala, 34, is a doctor with one of the nine Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT; part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) medical groups set up at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, treating evacuees from New Orleans. He is an emergency room physician in Dallas, Texas, and joined a Dallas-based DMAT just 2 months ago-just in time for the biggest natural disaster in American history.
Here are excerpts from an e-mail he sent to family, friends, and colleagues about his experience.
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