Doctors at The University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center  in Baltimore plan for massive disasters, but the number of patients they are about to see is unthinkable.

Starting today, they will help treat thousands of critically injured earthquake survivors at West China Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

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