Sierra Leone's crises have global reach

The public health system in the West African nation is a shambles and the government teeters on the edge.

Some fear it could become another Somalia.

By Scott Kraft : Reporting from Freetown, Sierra Leone

November 15 2009

First Of Two Parts -- When the power went out that night, Dr. Ibrahim Thorlie was operating on his fifth patient of the day in a maternity hospital with a shortage of antibiotics and running water. His colleague was doing an emergency caesarean in the next room. In the corridor, a bucket on the floor held a stillborn baby.

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