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Published: Jan 30, 2010 by admin
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Hardly had the excitement
subsided, the question of cost has risen quickly. The governor of Florida,
Republican Charlie Crist had the misfortune of writing last Wednesday in
the federal government to ask who would pay for hundreds of Haitian
evacuated wounded and hospitalized in the state in recent weeks. The effect was immediate:
the theft of military evacuation of wounded Haitians to Florida or
other U.S. states have been halted, reported Saturday the New York
Times. Before stopping these
flights, more than 500 victims of the earthquake of Haiti had been
evacuated and are being treated in hospitals in Florida. An undetermined number of
flights were still scheduled. In his letter to
Secretary of State for Health, Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Florida
expressed concern: "Recently we heard of plans to evacuate 30 to 50
patients in critical condition a day for an indefinite period. Florida does not have the
capabilities to support such an operation.
As is customary among
governments, the Secretariat of Health referred to the blame on the
army, which alone made the decision to suspend the evacuation flights,
according to a spokesman in Washington. The military confirmed
the arrest of theft and blamed on civilians ... "From what I understand,
some states do not want to accept evacuations for monitoring patients,
said by Captain Kevin Aandahl, A spokesman for the army.
We can not fly any person
if there is no hospital willing to accept them at the other end.
This dispute is not
really a surprise, the United States which could not even treat their
own patients certainly could not accommodate all the wounded of the
continent. But the admission of its
limitations is sometimes unpleasant ... especially after Barack Obama
has sent considerable resources in Haiti and promised to do an operation
model of "leadership" U.S..
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Published: Jan 28, 2010 by admin
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New forms of violence,
including rape, have emerged in Haiti after the earthquake that ravaged
Haiti killing almost 170,000 dead, denounced today the director of the
Haitian police (PNH).
"Taking advantage of the
blackout that raged in the capital of Haiti, the bandits took the
opportunity to harass and rape women and girls in refugee tents,"
denounces Mario Andresol, director of the Haitian police.
There are no figures
available, but women's organizations in Port-au-Prince have already
enumerated cases and alerted the authorities of the United Nations in
Haiti.
The HNP Director
concerned about a resurgence of insecurity in Port-au-Prince and the
emergence of new forms of crime.
"We have more than 7,000
gangsters in the streets who have escaped from Central Prison on the
evening of the earthquake. We had five years to apprehend them, they are
in nature today and will be a source of problems, fears the police chief of
Haiti.
Only national security
force of 8,000 strong members about the Haitian police has many victims
in the earthquake and is now trying to work with a workforce demoralized
and reduced by half.
"We lost 70 officers and
about five hundred are still missing while 400 were injured," said Mario
Andrésol young director general of the HNP has taken in a police
headquarters near the airport in Port-au-Prince The branch has been
destroyed.
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