With Foreign Aid Still at a Trickle, Devastated Port-Au-Prince General Hospital Struggles...

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...to Meet Overwhelming Need

One week after Haiti suffered the worst earthquake in over 200 years, a strong aftershock hit this morning. Initial reports said the latest quake measured 6.1 on the Richter scale—one of the strongest aftershocks since the 7.0-magnitude quake crippled this country eight days ago. While tens of thousands of the wounded await medical help the survivors are still burying the dead. The death toll is now estimated at a staggering 200,000. Some three million Haitians–a third of the country’s population–have been directly affected by the earthquake, with one and half million now homeless.

Amy Goodman files a report from the general hospital in Port-au-Prince.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/20/devastated_port_au_prince_hospital_struggles