Author Topic: U.S. Military Suspends Medical Evacuations from Haiti (Read 1270 times)

SonnenKinder · « **on:** January 31, 2010, 07:59:33 PM »

The U.S. military says it has stopped flying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States for medical care following concerns by some state governments over who will pay for their treatment.

Military officials say the evacuations were suspended Wednesday, after Florida Governor Charlie Crist asked the federal government to help pay for the care.

A Haitian man watches as Haitians with earthquake-related injuries are evacuated to a hospital by U.S. military helicopter.

The New York Times newspaper, which first reported the suspension, says Florida hospitals have treated more than 500 victims from the January 12 quake. Governor Crist's request did not say how much the care was costing Florida, but the Times says the total could be in the millions of dollars.

The paper said other U.S. states have also taken in Haitians and flights to those states have been halted as well.

In Haiti, the situation remains grim. Despite a large international aid effort, earthquake survivors in and around Port-au-Prince are still struggling to find proper food, water and shelter, two-and-a-half weeks after the quake reduced the capital to rubble.

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