Quake Victims Dying Without U.S. Airlifts

Several efforts are being made to accommodate the injured Haitians from the horrible earthquake. However, Florida is halting U.S. Airlifts of injured victims into the state because officials are saying that not all the hospitals where victims are being brought are equipped to deal with the kind of injuries that some people have. For example, one burn victim was flown in to a hospital that did not have the proper equipment to deal with burn injuries such as his. Officials are reaching out to other states for help as well. Already 2 people have died from tetanus and one girl is estimated to have approximately 24 hours left to live if she is not airlifted to a U.S. hospital immediately. This girl suffered an enormous gash in her leg which then got infested with tetanus. These incidents are a few among the several that are occurring as a result of insufficient resources in the hospitals and in Haiti itself, to care for the severely injured.