Haiti Hospitals Struggle To Treat Thousands Injured In Massive Earthquake

The emergency room in Les Cayes, in southwestern Haiti, which was devastated by the 7.2-magnitude quake on Saturday morning that killed at least 724 people, is expecting reinforcements to help treat some of the thousands of injured.

Hunched on benches, curled up in chairs or even lying the floor, those injured in the powerful earthquake that violently shook Haiti on Saturday crowded an overburdened hospital near the epicenter. The emergency room in Les Cayes, in southwestern Haiti, which was devastated by the 7.2-magnitude quake on Saturday morning that killed at least 724 people, is expecting reinforcements to help treat some of the thousands of injured. "At the time of the earthquake, there were only three doctors in the emergency service," said Dr Michelet Paurus. "This morning, it's getting better because we received orthopedists, surgeons and almost 42 residents distributed across all the hospitals of the department."