Dr. Sanjay Gupta operates on a 12-year-old Haitian girl aboa

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 18, 2010) Cmdr. Jerry Berman, a Navy surgeon, Dr. Henri R. Ford, Los Angles Pediatric Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief originally from Haiti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon, and Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Berndt, a Navy surgeon, perform surgery on a 12-year-old Haitian girl with a severe head injury aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Surgeons removed a piece of concrete from the child's brain caused by the earthquake in Haiti. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Relief after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson/Released)

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[methoseous]

dr. gupta is a hero for doing all this. he dont ask for anything he just wants healing to happen and aid to get out

[johnoshaugh]

@zendock

'cos it's of major importance that nothing inhibits his vision: can you imagine trying to cut into a soft malleable body and having to do that accurately, so as to reach what you want without causing any damage?

[zendock]

Why isn't he wearing eye protection?

[usselliot76]

Did they ever do a follow up with her???