C2C: From containers to health clinics

(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Boston, Mass.) - All around the world, shipping containers sit unused and rusting. A Massachusetts health care provider wants to change that. She is spearheading an effort to turn the wasted metal into desperately needed health clinics to be shipped to underdeveloped countries. The first clinic is being unveiled tonight. "There will be two privacy curtains, like in the emergency room." Elizabeth Sheehan gives a tour of a new health clinic -- a fully functioning medical facility made out of two discarded shipping containers. read more

NECN | November 16, 2009

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