That check gave birth to a wound clinic in conjunction with Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince and Project Medishare, a group started by doctors at the MillerSchool of Medicine.
More than two decades ago, "The families frequently lacked hope, " said Dr. Gwendolyn Scott, director of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology at the University of Miami MillerSchool of Medicine, who treated the newborns.