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Doctor: Quake victims dying without US airlifts (AP)

31 January 2010 58 views No Comment

FILE - U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel get ready to airlift a girl with head injuries to an offshore medical facility in Port-au-Prince, in this Jan. 24, 2010 file photo. The U.S. military says it has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States in a dispute over medical care costs. The New York Times reported Saturday Jan. 30, 2010 that the evacuations were suspended Wednesday after Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the federal government to help pay for care. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP – 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.




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