Dr. Kurt Anderson, an orthopedic surgeon with Twin Cities Orthopedics was recently featured in a story by Elizabeth Nelson of the Elk River Star News.
Local doctor helps put the pieces back together in Haiti
Thursday, 11 March 2010
by Elizabeth Nelson
Elk River Star NewsThe devastation and destruction in Haiti is hard for most to actually put into words.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake left between 217,000 and 350,000 people dead and another estimated 300,000 injured.
Dr. Kurt Anderson, an orthopedic surgeon with Twin Cities Orthopedics who works out of Elk River and Coon Rapids offices, recently went to Haiti to help treat some of the crushing injuries that have resulted in multiple broken bones and fractures.
It’s estimated that 200,000 Haitians have suffered from some form of orthopedic injury, with half of those injuries inflicted on children, he said.
Anderson was in Haiti just two weeks after the Jan. 12 initial earthquake. His stay was from Jan. 26 to Feb. 2.
