Six MSF Planes Carrying Vital Medical Supplies Are Rerouted

Six MSF cargo planes loaded with vital medical material like antibiotics have been redirected to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This will delay MSF staff's ability to treat patients who urgently need it.

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• haiti
• msf
• surgy
• planes
• earthquake
• medical

[elizabethfaraone]

I'm so glad you don't care anymore. The world doesn't need your type of help. Humanitarians from all over the world (including the US) can provide the help. Step out of the way, Halo4Lyf.

[elizabethfaraone]

And, as Doctors Without Borders will attest to, the Haitian people, despite suffering great losses in this earthquake, have been extremely helpful in helping each other and helping international relief workers.

[elizabethfaraone]

And, by the way, an earthquake hit Haiti. There is no civil war there.

[elizabethfaraone]

@Halo4Lyf

You're such an elitist. No one should pay you any attention based on that fact alone. And what complete lack of gratitude are you talking about? I am completely grateful to people who do good in this world, such as Doctors Without Borders. For the most part, the US military destroys so much and works hard at maintaining unjust situations. I will never be grateful to destroyers and maintainers of corruption. And you will never be able to convince me and any sane person otherwise.

[Halo4Lyf]

I am tired of the complete lack of gratitude.

How long do you think those aid workers would last against the gangs without the Marines and Army airborne troopers providing security? Without those forces there, Haiti would dissolve into Somalia, force the aid workers to pull out just like in Somalia, and then how many Haitians would die?

Do you think that maybe the military has done this kind of thing before and MIGHT know what they're doing a little better than a substitute teacher?

[Halo4Lyf]

Yes, because police have no medical training whatsoever.

None. At. All.

[elizabethfaraone]

Your statements only show your inherent hostility and elitism. How about stepping out of your own skin for a moment and into the skin of an earthquake victim. Stop crying "we're damned if we do, we're damned if we don't." No, you're damned if you do it incorrectly and thoughtlessly. Halo4Lyf: you are incredibly immature. And we are tired of this type of immaturity. I hope you are not part of the military in Haiti. God help us if you are.

[elizabethfaraone]

The statement "energetically lawless people" is an indication of the elitism of the commentator.

[elizabethfaraone]

@arte6ka I wonder how people on this site who are denying how wrong it was to prioritize the military would feel if their child was hit by a car, and the first people allowed on the scene were the police, securing the site, waiting for more police to come, delaying the paramedics for 30 minutes, while their child bled to death.

[elizabethfaraone]

@arte6ka

It was not only unreasonable, it was insane and heartless. The limbs and lives lost because of this decision will always be remembered. I wish people would learn from their mistakes. Instead, they deny them. The majority of Haitians have been peaceful, patient and cooperative with each other.