Have hospital, will travel

A 100-bed hospital, built in 36 hours. Doctors Without Borders uses inflatable lifeboat fabric to set up portable, reusable trauma centers in disaster zones, including Haiti. Help support smart, innovative humanitarian action.

Maggie Koerth-Baker is the science editor at BoingBoing.net. She writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine and is the author of Before the Lights Go Out, a book about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy. You can find Maggie on Twitter and Facebook.

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It’s like a cross between *M*A*S*H* and a Jump Castle!
- Maggie Koerth-Baker
  
  Your analogy makes the whole situation seem like a lot more fun than it probably is. ;)
- teapot
  
  I hope it comes with an inflatable Hawkeye Pierce!
MelSkunk

MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res is one of my favorite charities.. I was gonna donate to them ANYWAYS but this just adds to it :) Canadians can donate at MSF.ca
iamrachel

Amazing.

What these people do is incredible. I just made a donation, thanks for reminding me!
billstewart

Doctors Without Borders is having a Fundraiser Party in San Francisco on Saturday Jan 16th. It’s at The Verdi Club at 2424 Mariposa @ Potrero from 6pm to midnight. Here’s a Laughing Squid link with a description. Suggested donation $10 or more, expecting 200-500 people, lots o’ bands.
Marchhare

PIH also has deep roots there already:
http://www.standwithhaiti.org/
Ratdog

This is exactly why we need to invest in Zeppelins.

I mean, airship hospitals would be really helpful in situations like this.
- Felton
  
  Yes! There’s a sad lack of zeppelins in the skies these days anyway.