Women and Girls contributor: Claire Reading Claire Reading is a midwife on assignment with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Port-a-Piment, Haiti. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/claire-reading/rss en ‘My Mind Was Racing’: A Midwife’s First Day in Hurricane-Hit Haiti Health Tue, 20 Dec 2016 07:38:07 +0000 Claire Reading https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/20/mind-racing-midwifes-first-day-hurricane-hit-haiti https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/20/mind-racing-midwifes-first-day-hurricane-hit-haiti British midwife Claire Reading was the first Medecins Sans Frontieres midwife sent to Port-a-Piment in Haiti, one month after Hurricane Matthew. A few hours after arriving, she was already dealing with a major medical emergency.