![]() ![]() The airport has been damaged and its control tower was knocked down in the quake, although the U.S. SERVING ALL MY PATIENTS TRAPPING COOKING HAITIANS PORTABLEHaiti has no communications system at this time, but ITU, the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, has deployed 40 portable satellite uplinks and a base station to re-establish basic communication links, and is dispatching another 60 units with broadband facility along with experts to operate them. An inflatable hospital with operating theatres is expected to arrive in the next 24 hours. The installation of hospital of countryside and mobile teams of doctors thus will be vital.”ĭoctors Without Borders has treated more than 1,000 people on the ground in Haiti following the quake, but confirms that the needs are huge. “Tens and tens of injured strew the streets of Port-au-Prince, among the corpses. ![]() “Taken by storm, they do not have any more capacity to accommodate others wounded,” he said. ![]() “We fear that the impact of this earthquake will be particularly devastating to the already existing vulnerability of Haiti’s people, society and economy,” WHO’s Paul Garwood told reporters.Ī French Red Cross staffer says what hospitals still exist have closed their doors. The World Health Organization said eight hospitals were damaged or destroyed in Haiti and two damaged in neighboring Dominican Republic. Some 3,000 MINUSTAH troops and police are in and around Port-au-Prince, helping maintain order, assist in relief efforts, and clear some of the capital’s main roads to allow aid and rescuers to reach survivors. UN officials said President Preval has visited the UN logistics base and Mulet’s first task upon arrival will be to coordinate with the Haitian authorities. ![]() UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent Edmond Mulet, his former special representative to Haiti and current assistant-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, to Haiti to assume command of MINUSTAH. Nearly 200 UN personnel serving with MINUSTAH, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, are still missing. At least four police, 19 soldiers and 13 civilian staff members, including chief of the UN mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, have died, with at least 56 more injured, a UN spokesman said.Įight UN workers have been pulled alive from the rubble, including Tarmo Joveer, an Estonian close protection officer who was rescued from the Christopher Hotel this morning. The United Nations headquarters in the Christopher Hotel collapsed. “We still have to do an evaluation, but the scene here is unimaginable,” said Preval. President Preval issued an urgent appeal for his nation Wednesday, saying he has been hearing the cries of those trapped under the rubble. Haitian President Rene Preval and his wife got out of the damaged presidential palace alive, and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive is alive, but few other government officials are available. In Haiti, the government is barely functioning as many government buildings, including the Parliament, were heavily damaged, trapping the senate president and a number of other lawmakers alive inside. Raymond Joseph, Haitian Ambassador to the United States held a candlelight vigil last night outside the Embassy of Haiti in Washington, DC to pray and appeal for international support. At least three million people have been affected by the calamity. Yesterday, Haitian officials estimated the death toll at somewhere between 100,000 and half a million people, but no casualty reports are confirmed. WASHINGTON, DC, Janu(ENS) – Nations and aid organizations from around the world are rushing relief to Haiti, where the capital Port-au-Prince was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake Tuesday.Īs search and rescue teams comb the ruins of collapsed buildings, the Haitian Red Cross is now estimating the numbers of dead at between 45,000 and 50,000 people. ![]()
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