title: Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Coincidental Involvement in the Gujarat Earthquake, India (2001).
abstract: Orthopaedic surgeons have traditionally answered the call in times of disaster. Shortly after the devastating earthquake in January 2001, in Gujarat India, that call came from a buffer zone hospital. The Gandhi Lincoln Hospital in Deesa, Gujarat was struggling with an influx of injured survivors. Five days after the initial event, 2 of the traveling American authors met up with the Director of Surgery at the hospital. The clinical load was primarily extremity injuries and wounds. The authors present their assessment of the orthopaedic response highlighting factors of success, barriers, and lessons learned. Despite their published accounts, many of these lessons were not applied to the Haiti earthquake response.
authors.affiliation: *Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT), San Francisco, CA; †Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Francisco, CA; ‡Department of Public Health, Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India; and §University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: R Richard
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Coughlin
authors.forename: Nobhojit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000401:mortality*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*