Doctor: Some Will Die: ; Cost Dispute Halts Haiti Medical Airlift
Sunday Gazette-Mail › February 01, 2010
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MIAMI - The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent cost dispute, though a doctor warned that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights don't resume.
The evacuations were temporarily suspended Wednesday, said Capt. Kevin Aandahl, spokesman for U.S. Transportation Command. The flights were halted a day after Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the federal government to help pay for care.See the full content of this document
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Doctor: Some Will Die: ; Cost Dispute Halts Haiti Medical Airlift
However, Dr. Barth Green, a doctor involved in the relief effort in Port-au-Prince, warned that his patients needed to get to better hospitals.
"We have 100 critically ill patients who will die in the next day or...See the full content of this document
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