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Ones that are trapped and that are missing, and there'll be those that are outside the buildings who are desperate for help. as night fell, the search for survivors was under way. thousands were buried in rubble. the next day, the true scale of the disaster began to become clear. in towns and villages across the quake zone, people were having to fend for themselves.
Intently to stabilize the bone. just watching this, you probably can't tell where this operation is actually taking place. just to give you an idea, we're in a tent in the middle of a parking lot outside the hospital in a quake zone and they're doing orthopaedic surgery here. >> is that dr. gupta? >> reporter: it is. >> good to see you. >> reporter: this is an orthopaedic surgeon from indiana that flew over as soon as he heard of the earthquake. right now, he is worried about bleeding. so over here in another part of the tent, they found his brother to be a match and have him hooked up and qui...
The world slowly, surely finds its footing. >> sunday, we seen these hospital ships before. i remember you were on one in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti. how effective are they? >> reporter: yeah, they're really effective, anderson. if you think about it, the hospitals are just as vulnerable as all the other buildings and a quake zone, so the hospitals, in some way, become their own patients. so bringing in a ship with all those resources, it's, it's critically important. and i saw that in haiti. that was the s&s carl vinson that actually flung me out there to perform surgery on a li...
Here. a beautiful baby girl. another benefit the captain tells me, unlike the field hospitals, on firm ground, these hospitals ships in the water are relatively protected from the numerous aftershocks that continuously devastated the land. for now, the ground is quiet. but the skies are loud. and that is good. as this part of the world slowly, surely finds its footing. >> sanjay, we've seen the hospital ship before. i remember you are on one in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti. how effective are they? >> they are really effective, anderson. if you think about, it the hospital there jus...
Very different places, different building codes. how do you compare? >> there's a lot of similarities, anderson. i will tell you, one of the big differences is the climate. it's below freezing right now. in haiti, it was january, it was quite warm at that point in haiti. it was much more densely populated. here it is more spread out, the quake zone. the same sorts of problems with building codes, that pancaking of the building you saw. that is reflective of buildings that have not been built to the code of withstanding earthquakes. you are seeing the consequences of that. obviously, also north...