UNICEF: Dominican hospital treats children injured in Haiti

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http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_52557.html

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, 21 January 2010 Nine days after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, UNICEF is delivering life-saving support to children and families in need. Several planeloads of aid have landed in Haiti and the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Half a dozen more supply flights are scheduled to arrive before the end of the week.

Meanwhile, injured survivors including many children suffering from crush injuries and trauma have been crossing the border into the Dominican Republic to seek medical attention that is not readily available in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

Dominican hospitals along the border particularly the state-run facility in the town of Jimani have tried to respond to the overwhelming demand. The Ministry of Health has brought in additional medical personnel from surrounding districts, but these facilities capacity to meet the growing need remains woefully inadequate.

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  • women volunteering for breastfeeding... Those are my nobel prize of peace nominees

  • Great endeavour. Healing and restoring is what you are doing. Continue.

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