Friend: On Saturday morning, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti. The earthquake extensively damaged and destroyed homes and infrastructure, including medical facilities. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is on the ground responding to urgent medical needs right now.
With the provisional death toll currently at 1,297 and thousands more injured, our teams are working in the Grand Anse, Nippes, and Sud provinces to provide much needed medical support and supplies.
Some hospitals have had to evacuate their patients. Aftershocks and landslides have caused additional damage. One MSF team is facing difficult obstacles as it works to assess the devastating damage and transport patients from a remote area to receive care.
In the coming days, MSF plans to send more medical teams to southern Haiti, including surgeons.
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