Haiti hospitals overwhelmed after quake, death toll rises to 1,400

Haitian authorities said  that 1,419 fatalities had been confirmed with some 6,900 people injured and 37,312 houses destroyed.

Les Cayes: Doctors in Haiti battled on Monday in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly, outside hospitals overwhelmed by a major earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people. Saturday`s 7.2 magnitude quake brought down tens of thousands of buildings in the deeply impoverished country, which is still recovering from another major temblor 11 years ago and the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moise, last month. Dozens of churches, hotels, homes and schools were seriously damaged or ruined by the quake. Haitian authorities said on Monday afternoon that 1,419 fatalities had been confirmed with some 6,900 people injured and 37,312 houses destroyed.