After the earthquake that devastated Haiti and obliterated the country’s critical infrastructure, the non-profit medical aid organization, Doctors Without Borders, has now committed its personnel to the region, where there is an acute shortage of medical supplies, food, water etc. However, the widespread devastation has left little room for these doctors to operate, so they have finally come up with an ingenious solution to the problem. The solution being, inflatable medical tents also referred to as “plug and play hospitals”, that not only have the basic necessities of a clinic, but are fully equipped with generators and sanitation equipment.

As of now the organization has been able to construct nine tents, with each tent weighing 41 metric tons and the combined strength of the nine tents has given Haitians with 100 beds, that include areas for intensive care and surgery. A typical plug and play field hospital comprises of nine tents, with 100 beds, that are inclusive of ICU and recovery beds. Apart from these, the field hospital is also composed of an emergency tent, and two operations theaters.

Via Boing Boing & Doctors Without Borders