"TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS NEED EMERGENCY SURGICAL CARE NOW!!!!!," according to Partners in Health, co-founded by the deputy U.N. envoy to Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer.
20,000 people are dying each day now who could be saved by surgery, according to Dr. Farmer.
The reasons are varied:
• Both national and international authorities suffered great losses in the quake, taking out many of the leaders best suited to organize a response.
• Woefully inadequate infrastructure and a near-complete failure in telephone and Internet communications have complicated efforts to reach millions of people forced from their homes.
• Fears of looting and violence have kept aid groups and governments from moving as quickly as they would like.
• Pre-existing poverty and malnutrition put some at risk even before the quake hit.
The reasons are varied:
• Both national and international authorities suffered great losses in the quake, taking out many of the leaders best suited to organize a response.
• Woefully inadequate infrastructure and a near-complete failure in telephone and Internet communications have complicated efforts to reach millions of people forced from their homes.
• Fears of looting and violence have kept aid groups and governments from moving as quickly as they would like.
• Pre-existing poverty and malnutrition put some at risk even before the quake hit.
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