[net-gold] COUNTRIES: HAITI : DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES : MEDICAL CARE: Patients Overwhelm Medical Teams at Haiti Clinics
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- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:16:23 -0500 (EST)
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COUNTRIES: HAITI :
DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES :
MEDICAL CARE:
Patients Overwhelm Medical Teams at Haiti Clinics
Patients Overwhelm Medical Teams at Haiti Clinics
By Mary Beth Sheridan, Debbi Wilgoren and Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 17, 2010; 5:28 PM
Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2010/01/17/AR2010011701144.html>
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<http://tinyurl.com/y8caymo>
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Medical teams struggled to cope with an
overwhelming crush of injured patients in this earthquake-ravaged city
Sunday, while an international armada of would-be helpers vied in
frustration for access to the disaster zone.
The French-based group Doctors Without Borders issued a public call that
its planes "be allowed to land" at the Port-au-Prince international
airport, "in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital
surgical operations." In North Carolina, troops with the 82nd Airborne who
have been ready to deploy since Friday were told it would be at least 9
p.m. before they leave, because the tarmac is clogged with too many
planes.
"We're ready to go," said Lieutenant Col. Peter Im. "It is a matter of
having the capacity to receive it. There's very limited infrastructure, so
getting equipment and personnel in is like you're going through a funnel."
Top State Department and military officials on the ground in Haiti said
their ability to quickly get vital food and water in Haitians' hands has
been hampered by their reliance on Port-au-Prince's tiny airport. Because
of damaged roads and a devastated port, an airfield that typically serves
three flights a day and lacks electricity and a functioning tower is
having to handle up to 60 civilian flights a day.
The airport has been swarmed by incoming flights carrying emergency relief
items from many nations, and some officials and organizations have been
angered that the U.S. military took over prioritizing which flights it
considered the most important to gain entry.
After the complaint from Doctors Without Borders, its hospital plane was
given clearance to land around 3 p.m. Sunday. An Air Force official said
the military had 67 civilian flights trying to arrive Saturday, and turned
away only three.
"When you're dealing with life and death, everybody feels quite strongly .
. . understandably," Denis McDonough, the chief of staff of President
Obama's National Security Council, said of complaints about delays at the
airport. "It's absolutely understandable that tempers would flare. But one
thing that I'm sure none of us will apologize for is that we're all trying
to relieve the pain of the Haitian people in this time of disaster."
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